Cornelii Nepotis opera quæ quidem exstant historica virorum domi militiæque illustrium Græcorum Romanorumque explicata pridem studio And. Schotti ... nunc denuo doctorum hominum accessionibus locupletata. ...
Nepos, Cornelius.
Schottus, Andreas,1552-1629.
Pseudo-Aurelius Victor, SextusOrigo gentis Romanae.
Victor, Sextus Aurelius.De viris illustribus urbis Romae.
Keyser, Gerhardus,1662-,former owner.StEdNL: K.55.a.[1]
Francofurti, apud Claud. Marnium, & hered. Jo. Aubrii.
1609
The main contents, 'Origo gentis Romanae' and 'De viris illustribus urbis Romae', are of unknown authorship and here falsely attributed to Cornelius Nepos; they are also sometimes falsely attributed to Sextus Aurelius Victor; 'Cornelii Ne potis fragmenta' are from genuine works of Nepos
Manuscript inscriptions on the recto of the front free endpaper "Gerh. Keyser A° 1678 Omnia sunt nominis tenui pendentia filo [quotation adapted from Ovid, Epistolæ Ex Ponto, IV. 3. 35. Translation: All named things hang on a slender thread] Gerh: Kayser est possessor hujus libri A: 1675 Gerherdus Ceÿser".
Classical biography.