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TACITUS, Publius Cornelius. The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The Description of Germanie. [Bound as issued with] The End of Nero and Beginning of Galba… [London: Arnold Hatfield for John Norton, 1604 [dated 1605 on colophon]. 2 vols. in one. Small folio in sixes. Separate title pages. Third edition in English for both titles. ORIGINAL BLANKS RETAINED (initial and terminal, rarely seen). Full-page engraving in second part, woodcut initials. Early full calf rebacked with original backstrip laid down, renewed spine labels and endpapers (trifle pale marginal browning). AN EARLY EDITION IN ENGLISH OF TACITUS’ WORKS. Lowndes 2569; STC 23645. Provenance: From the private library of a local Chicago collector, part one.