Life of Nero

Suetonius is second only to Marcus Aurelius a classic author published by Rambler Press.

"The Life of Nero" translated by Julian Ejsmond was first published in 1925. It is one of a collection of 12 biographies called "The Lives of the Caesars". The whole, as The history of the twelve Roman emperors It was first published in Polish translation in 1826.

"The Life of Nero" is probably the best fragment of Suetonius' work. Full of Roman gossip and colorful descriptions of the moral scandals of the infamous ruler.

We have set our edition in the ITC Bodoni font and printed it on Fabriano Tiepolo cotton paper. We have illustrated the whole thing with graphics by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, depicting the ruins of Roman buildings from the time of Nero.

The book is hand-bound, with marbled edges. The endpapers are Fabriano Italia paper. The whole thing is provided with a case.