Quarto. 474pp. In original half leather with a red leather spine with bands in gilt and the second compartment has a worn and chipped gold leather title. The year of publication [1779] embossed onto a green leather shield in the fifth compartment. Bookplate of 'Wolvenbosch Ex-Libris' to inside cover. Engraved title page by Reinier Vinkeles, 1778, and on the typographic title page a vignette by the same. 16 attractive, hand-coloured engravings partially heightened in gold. Julius Caesar Germanicus was a Roman general and politician most famously known for his campaigns against Arminius in Germania. The son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia the Younger, Germanicus was born into an influential branch of the patrician gens Claudia. A Roman hero on native soil. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Germanicus. 2. Title page. 3. Germanicus addresses a crowd of soldiers from a platform. 4. Germanicus in discussion with a group of men. 5. Germanicus bestows a crown. 6. Germanicus speaks to a group of citizens. Behind Germanicus are soldiers with spears. 7. Germanicus at the offering. 8. Germanicus is awakened at night in the army camp. 9. Germanicus stands before a group of women. A man holds the arms of Germanicus and the woman in front. (The engagement of Germanicus and Agrippina may be depicted). 10. Germanicus bids farewell to Agrippina. Beside Agrippina stand and kneel women with children around her bed. 11. Germanicus at a burning sacrifice on an altar. 12. Germanicus with Agrippa and children. 13. The Tempest from above. 14. Germanicus, the war hero, astride his horse. 15. Germanicus, aboard a ship, on a storm-tossed sea. 16. Germanicus as consul - the administrator. 17. Germanicus hears pleas for mercy. 18. Germanicus turns his eyes to the heavens.