Nero Caesar, or, Monarchie depraved
Subtitle: an historicall worke
By: by the translator of Licius Florus.
Contributors: Alsop, Bernard, printer.; Snodham, Thomas, d. 1625, printer.; Matthewes, Augustine, printer.; Walkley, Thomas, d. 1658?, bookseller.; English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by T. S[nodham and B. Alsop] for T. Walkley
Published: 1627
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68.; Rome -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.; Rome -- History -- Nero, 54-68 -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Biography.; Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Nero Caesar; Monarchie depraved; Nero Cæsar; Nero Caesar, or, Monarchie depraued :
Notes: STC (2nd ed.) 3222
"Dedicated, with leaue, to the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Admirall."
The translator of Lucius Florus is Edmund Bolton. The dedication is signed: Philonactophil.
Printers identified in STC: A. Mathewes printed the added A gathering; Alsop printed B-M; Snodham printed the rest, including 'An historicall parallel' on Pp-Qq.
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁴(-A1) pi1 A⁶ chi1 B-2Q⁴.
Added engraved t.p. dated 1627; mounted on initial leaf, before [superscript pi]A2.
"An historical parallel" (caption title) begins new pagination; register is continuous.
LC copy has armorial bookplate with "Honi soit qui mal y pense" and "Si Deus pro nobis quis contra nos" within the coat of arms.