C. Cornelii Taciti Historiarium libri quinque
Subtitle: ad fidem optimarum editionum expressi. Cum notis Barbou
Contributors: Brotier, Gabriel, 1723-1789, editor; Barbou, Joseph-Gérard, 1723-1790?; Lallemand, Jean-Nicolas, active 18th century; Gronovius, Jacobus, 1645-1716, editor; Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839, bookseller; Samuel Johnson and William Samuel Johnson Libraries (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: Impensis M. Carey.
Published: 1808
Place of publication: Philadelphiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: History
Other titles: Historiarum libri quinque.
Notes: After imprint: A Dickinson, Typographo.-Whitehall.

"The text of Brotier's Edition has been followed ... except ... [where] Barbou's or Gronovius's are decidedly .. a preference. The notes are taken from Barbou's ... edition, anno 1793.": p. [iii].

In 1760 Joseph Gerard Barbou published a 3 volume edition of Tacitus. In 1789 he was succeeded as head of the firm by Hugues Barbou. cf. Michaud.

Gift; Johnson family; 1914.