C. Plini secundi novocomensis de viris illustratibus liber. Suetone Tranquilli de claris gramaticis & rhetoribus liber. Iulii obsequentis prodigiorum liber imperfectus.

New edition. Printer's device on title page. Colophon: Excudebat Robertus STephanus Parisiis, Ann. M. D. XXXIII. octavo cal. sept.
Full brown marbled sheep binding ca 1920, pastiche of a Renaissance binding, signed L. P. Thébaut. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 small fleurons. Central roundel on covers, and thick gilt frame. Tear with loss at foot. Black stain at head and foot. Corners rubbed. Some foxing. Joints slightly cracked. Good copy.
Collection of three texts by Roman writers: The illustrated lives by Pliny the Younger, which are short biographies of famous men (Pompey, Hannibal, Scipio...); Suetonius's book on grammarians and rhetoricians is the last part of Lives of Illustrious Men (not completely transmitted to us), and finally, the famous book of prodigies by Julius Obsequens which relates the auguries and strange and marvelous events that occurred in Rome between 249 BC and 12 AD. This fragmentary work was often published following other ancient texts.
Several editions bringing together these texts can be found, with certain variants, notably for Pliny's works; the two other works by Suetonius and Obsequens being often coupled with Pliny's correspondence.