Books attributed to Tacitus found in the PLRE.Folger Database
Of the 24 total books identified attributed to Tacitus, 12 were in Latin, seven in English, four in French, and one in Italian. Many of the English editions appearing on these lists were published towards the second half of the 16th century, indicating the turn away from Latin as the sole scholarly language, as works were increasingly printed in the local vernacular.
13 works were considered partial matches, while only three were considered close matches, and eight were different works by Tacitus. The increase in works that were considered partial matches can be attributed to the increase in vernacular editions of works by Tacitus.
In the distribution of owner's identities, there is also an increase in individuals not identified as scholars. Three were members of parliament, three were statesmen, three were diplomats, one was a lawyer, one was unknown, two were women, two were clerics, and nine were scholars. Even with a larger proportion of non-scholarly identities, there is still a strong representation of scholars. The copies owned by women were printed in vernacular languages, once again indicating the educational trend barring women from learning Latin.