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Tacitus, (Publius Cornelius Tacitus), (c 56-c120), Roman historian and politician, 1687. C. Cornelii Taciti de situ, moribus, et populis Germaniae, libellum. Classic edition of the Germania which also includes compilations of other works by Tacitus. Interpretation of The Life of Julius Agricola (Julii Agricolae vitam). Published in 1687 by Abbot Julien Pichon. Pichon was one of the "interpreters of the Dauphin" or "critics of the Dauphin" appointed by Montausier, Bossuet and Huet to present works by secular classical authors to Louis, Dauphin of France (1661-1711), son of Louis XIV and heir to the throne. Paris, printing house of the widow of Claude Thiboust (fl. 1667-1711?) and Pierre Esclassan (fl. 1666-1718), 1687.