Caji Suetonii Tranquilli opera, & in illa commentarius Samuelis Pitisci
Subtitle: in quo antiquitates Romanae ex auctoribus idoneis fere nongentis Graecis et Latinis, veteribus & recentioribus, perpetuo tenore explicantur. Huic accedunt terni indices: I. Editionum. II. Auctorum cum laudatorum, tum obiter notatorum, emendatorum, explicitorum. III. Rerum absolutissimus & locupletissimus. Imperatorum imperatoresque arctissimo gradu contingentium icones: & figurae ex veterum monumentis ad historiam illustrandum depromptae, in aes eleganter incisae
Contributors: Pitiscus, Samuel, 1637-1727, editor; Halma, François, 1653-1722, publisher; Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606, contributor; Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614, contributor; Schottus, Andreas, 1552-1629, contributor; Gronovius, Jacobus, 1645-1716, contributor
Edition: Editio secunda priori ornatior & limatior.
Publisher: Excudit Franciscus Halma, D. Ordinum Frisiae Typographus ordinarius
Published: 1714
Place of publication: Leovardiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 1344
Subjects: Emperors; Biography; Early works to 1800; Latin Authors; Latin Poets; History
Other titles: Caji Suetonii Tranquilli Opera, et in illa commentarius Samuelis Pitisci; Opera
Work titles: Works
Notes: Volume 1 has an added engraved title page with imprint: Leovardiae : Excudit Franciscus Halma, D.D. Ordin., Frisiae Typograph., 1715.

Engraved title vignettes; title pages printed in red and black.

Engraved head and tail pieces.

Text in Latin with some Greek quotations in the commentary.  Commentary printed in double columns below text.

Pagination and register continuous between the two volumes.

Pages 557, 616, and 648 misnumbered 457, 594, and 248 respectively.

Signatures: *-6*⁴, 7*², A⁴-4X⁴, 4Y⁴(Y²+chi¹⁻²), 4Z⁴-8G⁴.

Includes contributions by Justus Lipsius, Isaaci Casauboni, "Monumentorum ancyranum ... Andreas Schottus" (pages 1138-1155), "Jacobi Gronovii notae ad monumentum ancyranum" (pages 1156-1176).

With commendatory verses by Johannes Lomejer, Johannes Flenderus, Henr. Chr. Hennin, Vesalius Mobachius, Gerardus Lentfrinck & Antonius Bylertius (unnumbered pages 46-50).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), volume 5, columns 582-583

Rare Book copy 2 (Plimpton): Bound in full vellum with black lettering pieces and gold-tooling on spine.