TACITUS. — Complete Works. - Lot 241

TACITUS. — Complete Works. Texts translated, introduced, and annotated by Pierre Grimal. Paris, Gallimard, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1989. In-12, publisher’s softcover binding in full green leather, spine decorated with gold fillets, Rhodoid. An edition of Tacitus’s Complete Works, translated and edited by Pierre Grimal. It brings together the major works of the Latin historian, notably the *Annals*, the *Histories*, *Germania*, *Agricola*, and the *Dialogue of the Orators*. This reference edition features a French translation accompanied by introductions, notes, and commentary illuminating the political, historical, and literary context of the Roman Empire. Volume No. 361 of the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, printed on November 28, 1989, on bible paper from Papeteries Schoeller et Hoesch, by the Sainte-Catherine printing house in Bruges. Bound in full leather, gilded with 23-karat fine gold, by Babouot in Lagny. First-printing copy, preserved under Rhodoid, without an illustrated dust jacket. Appears to be in good condition, with slight signs of handling.

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