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Suetonius' Lives of the Twelve Caesars (1930)

Illustrated by Frank C Papé

 

 

 

On the left, we show a rare copy of the Limited Edition of

Suetonius' Lives of the Twelve Caesars published with

Papé's illustrations for the first time in 1930.

 

This example retains the original decorative gilt-stamped

black cloth cover.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To the right, we show the decorative

Title Page prepared by Papé.

 

Suetonius' Lives of the Twelve Caesars (1930) carrying the suite of illustrations by Frank C Papé was a Limited

Edition publication - just 2000 copies being produced for the American and British markets (the copy held in

the Collection is numbered '980') - and represented a new translation of the work by H M Bird.

 

The Foreword to Suetonius' Lives of the Twelve Caesars (1930) provides a thoughtful introduction to the work

as follows:

 

It is difficult to say whether Suetonius' matter-of-fact relation of the gross and the

horrific, or his solemn insistence upon the homely and the intimate, is the more

diverting. We see, for example, the Divine Julius seizing the privilege of wearing

the laurel wreath as the most grateful item in his triumph because it conceals his

baldness. That excellent and courtly prince, Augustus, is caught in the act of

ordering his shoes made with overthick soles that he might appear taller than he

was. There is grim humour in the mad antics of Nero and Caligula: the one

posturing as a great artist, and the other as a military hero. And, though the

sometimes world-splitting battles are treated with the brevity and indifference

that they perhaps deserve, not a single side-splitting comment by any wit or sage

of the period would seem to have been omitted. Thus succeeding generations

of readers have reason to be grateful for the nice balance that is maintained in

these matters when they reflect that while Suetonius' omissions are adequately

supplied elsewhere (for he was contemporaneous with Tacitus and Dio Cassius),

Suetonius' achievement is nowhere paralleled.

 

Papé's illustrations for Suetonius' Lives of the Twelve Caesars are a wonderful complement to the translated text

supplied by Bird.

 

 

Our Greeting Cards and Reproduction Prints

 

 

We have prepared sets of 16 Greeting Cards displaying each of Papé's major monotone images for Suetonius' Lives of the Twelve Caesars and on the left, we show an example of how these Greeting Cards appear. Ordering one of those sets is as easy as selecting the "Add to Cart" feature below and following the prompts provided with our Shopping Cart secured through PayPal. Multiple purchases will be consolidated by that feature and shipping and handling costs to any destination in the world are accommodated by our flat-rate fee of US$20 for every US$200 worth of purchases.

 

Code: FCP SLTC MS(16)
Price: US$80.00

 

When presented on Greeting Cards, these images are prepared as tipped-in plates - in homage to the hand-crafted

approach typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century.

 

Hand-finishing is used to replicate the visual appearance of a tipped-in plate and the images are presented on

Ivory card stock (in the case of colour illustrations) or White card stock (in the case of monotone illustrations)

with an accompanying envelope. We have left the cards blank so that you may write your own personal

message.

 

Should you wish to order a Reproduction Print of one or more of these images, we have provided some options

below. Of course, should you wish to discuss some customised options, we welcome your contact on any matter

through ThePeople@SpiritoftheAges.com.

 

In the meantime, enjoy perusing these wonderful examples of the art of Frank C Papé.

 

 

The major monotone illustrations

 

Caius Julius Cæsar

He personated Apollo himself

(Frontispiece)

 

 

Caius Julius Cæsar

But his liveliest fancy was

Cleopatra

Caius Julius Cæsar

He was stabbed with three

and twenty wounds

D Octavius Cæsar Augustus

He drove Antony to kill himself

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D Octavius Cæsar Augustus

The only exhibition he made of

that kind, was that of a young

man ... who was not quite two

feet in height

 

 

D Octavius Cæsar Augustus

He continued to use the same

bedchamber for forty years

D Octavius Cæsar Augustus

That Ovid knew not of Augustus

being in the place, is beyond all

doubt

Tiberius Nero Cæsar

She resolved to starve herself

to death

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Tiberius Nero Cæsar

He was in the habit of diverting

himself with a serpent

Tiberius Claudius Drusus Cæsar

He dreamt ... he fell headlong

upon the earth

Tiberius Claudius Drusus Cæsar

While in this condition, a feather

was put down his throat

 

 

Nero Claudius Cæsar

He was haunted by his

mother's ghost

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Sergius Sulpicius Galba

He resolved to imitate the

achievement of Hercules

 

 

Marcus Salvius Otho

He dreamt that Fortune

appeared to him

T Falvius Vespasianus Augustus

A plough-ox ... broke into

the room

Titus Flavius Domitianus

He did nothing else but

catch flies

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