[BOLTON, Edmund ([?]1575-[?]1633)]. Nero Cæsar, or Monarchie Depraved, London, 1624, small folio, additional engraved allegorical title, engraved numismatic illustrations, contemporary calf (repaired). FIRST EDITION.

[BOLTON, Edmund ([?]1575-[?]1633)].  Nero Cæsar, or Monarchie Depraved. An Historicall Worke ... By the Translator of Lucius Florus. London: "Printed by T. S. for Thomas Walkley," 1624 [additional title dated 1623]. Small folio (276 x 190mm). Additional elaborate engraved allegorical title, engraved numismatic illustrations (some light soiling and staining to the additional engraved title with very slight loss to one corner, occasional light spotting). Contemporary calf (re-backed and re-cornered, inner hinges reinforced). Provenance: George Drewry Squibb (1906-94, lawyer, herald and antiquary, his label); old deleted inscription to the head of the dedication leaf. FIRST EDITION. The author, who chooses to remain anonymous, signs his dedication to the Duke of Buckingham "Philanactophil", a pseudonym he adopted for this and some later works meaning "friend of the King's friend". The present work "... is a life of Nero with particular notes of transactions in Britain. Bolton brings coins and medals to illustrate statements of historians" (DNB). Dekesel Bibliography of 17th Century Numismatic Books B165; Lowndes 232; STC 3221.