Nero Caesar, or Monarchie depraued
Subtitle: an historical worke dedicated to the D of Buckingham L Admirall whereunto beside otherthings [sic], is now newly added the authors priuat account to k. James, concerning ye same, together with a parallel of places in Polybius & Florus openning ye way of best profit in historie, to Mr. Endymion Porter heretofore, and now to all, by the translatour of L. Florus
Series: Early English books online
Publisher: Printed by Thomas Snodham and Bernard Alsop
Published: 1627
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Nero Caesar; Nero Caesar, or Monarchie depraved; Monarchie depraved
Notes: The translator of Lucius Florus = Edmund Bolton. The dedication is signed: Philonactophil.

The title page is engraved and signed "Fr: Delaram sculptor". The roman numeral date is made with turned C's.

Printers' names from STC 3221; "Alsop pr[inted]. B-M, Snodham the rest".

"An historical parallel" (caption title) begins new pagination; register is continuous.

A reissue, with new preliminaries, including the dedicatory epistle to King James (printed by Augustine Mathewes), added quires 2P-2Q, and engraved title page altered, of the 1624 edition. Some copies have the original 1624 letterpress title page remaining.

Variant 1: title page in another state, with "work" in line 6 and lacking most of the punctuation. Variant 2: lacking the engraved medallions on p. 1, 64, et al.

Pages 147 & 207 misnumbered 148 & 267.

"Errata": verso of 13th prelim. leaf.

STC (2nd ed.) 3222

Imperfect: p. 15-16 at end wanting, supplied in positive photostat; 1st prelim. leaf trimmed and mounted.