Tacitus, Publius Cornelius.

[Tacitus Opera] C. Corn. Taciti Opera Ex Recensione Joh. Augusti Ernesti Denuo Curavit Jer. Jac. Oberlinus Argentoratensis Instit. Litter., Francici Socius.

Four Volumes (complete set). London, T.Davison, 1825. Octavo (14.4 cm wide x 23 cm high). Pagination: Volume I: LXXI,386 pages / Volume II: 356 pages / Volume III: 401 pages / Volume IV: 284 pages plus 149 pages of an “Index Historicus” and “Index Latinatis”. Hardcover / Original, very decorative full leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. We purchased this set from the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House) but the book bears the original preowner’s name on endpaper of Volume I. It was Trinity College Dublin student “Colonel T. Ainslie Lunham – Coll. Trin.1868”. Loosely inserted is a postcard to Colonel Lunham from the year 1914.

Col. Thomas Ainslie Lunham was born in Cork in 1847 in Cork. He was a graduate of TCD [Trinity College Dublin], an officer in the British Army and a Landowner. He became Knight Commander of the Order of Bath in 1918. He lived at Ardfallen, Douglas Road, Cork. He was Chairman of Cork Improved Dwellings Co., Ltd. Lunham had a very keen interest in history, local History and Irish Antiquity. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy and published many articles in antiquarian publications including several in the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society between 1904 – 1930. Col. T. A. Lunham died in 1930. (Source: IAR – Irish Archives Resource).

• Keywords: Altphilologie · Classical Literature · Classical Literature – Rare · History – Rare · Philology · Tacitus · Trinity College Dublin
• Language: Latin
• Inventory Number: 32379AB

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