Suetonius, Caii Suetonii Tranquilli Vitae duodecim Caesarum. 1520/1521. 8°. Lyon: Guillaume Huyon

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13 January 1520 (1521 n.s.)
Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122.
Caii Suetonii Tranquilli Vitae duodecim Caesarum.
[Lyon]: [Colophon:] In calcographia Guilhelmi Huyon Ludugn. [sic], Anno .D. XX. supra mille die XIII. Mensis Ianuarij [1520 (1521 n.s.?)].
8°: a–z⁸.
Printed in Lyon by Guillaume Huyon.
Uses the Lyon italic type but is not an Aldine counterfeit.
Signature pattern: ‘$’–‘$iiij’.
Catchword pattern: quire.
Direction line: Sueto.
Types: It6 (79mm; IIB); Gk11 (79mm).
Initials: 16; 23.
Illustrations: Compartment II.
Adams S2032.
Baudrier, vii, 164.
David J. Shaw, ‘The Lyons counterfeit of Aldus’s italic type: a new chronology’, In: The Italian book 1465–1800: Studies presented to Dennis E. Rhodes on his 70th birthday, British Library, 1993, 117–133, no. 36.
von Gültlingen, iii, Huyon, no. 17.
[IS001642]803.b.20.