CLAUDIUS THE GOD and his wife Messalina.
The troublesome reign of Tiberius Claudius Caesar, Emperor of the Romans (born B.C. 10, died A.D. 54), as described by himself; also his murder at the hands of the notorious Agrippina (mother of the Emperor Nero) and his subsequent deification, as described by others. Pp. 576(last blank), full page map2 folding family trees; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards a trifle scuffed, light vertical crease along spine, which is also slightly faded at head; bottom edges uncut; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, bookseller's sticker at foot of lower pastedown, the text block slightly browned, some foxing, mainly to outer leaves and edges; Arthur Barker, London, 1934. First edition. Higginson & Williams A43a. *Lacking the dust wrapper. Item #166095
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