VETERES DE RE MILITARI SCRIPTORES quotquot extant, nunc prima vice in unum redacti corpus. Wesel, A. ab Hoogenhuysen, 1670. 3 parts in 1 vol. (23), 494 (1 blank); (7), 566; (1); 78 (2); 497-604, (25), (2). W. 2 engr. ti.-pp., 1 fold. diagram, 40 half-p. engr. and several in-text illustr. Cont. cf., spine w. raised bands, gilt dec. & light brown label. (Entry in pencil on first free end-p., some pp. slightly yellowed, otherwise a very good, if quirkily bound copy).
€ 220
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VERGILIUS. Opera, quae audem extant, omnia. Basel, Henricpetri, 1575. (24) pp., 2174 cols., (49) pp. W. woodcut printer's mark on ti. and on v° last leaf, & num. woodcut initials. Fol. Late 17th c. full cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back, gilt vignet with 'Iesus Maria' on both sides, & 2 gilt borders. (Binding chafed (affecting gilt lettering/decoration), upper blank margin ti-p. rep., a few minor spots, but a clean copy).
€ 550
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SUETONIUS. (XII Caesares). Par., Typogr. Regia, 1644. (12), 558, (30) pp. W. engr. ti., engr. tailpiece with putti (4x repeated) & 12 engr. portrs. of Roman emperors in the text. 12°. Beautiful cont. cf. w. raised bands & completely covered with gilt fleurs-de-lys decoration., inside dentelles & a.e.g. (Bottom of spine sl. dam., corners bumped/a bit dam., a bit browned/foxed throughout).
€ 240
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STATIUS. Sylvarum ll. V. Thebaidos ll. XII. Achilleidos ll. II. Orthographia et flexus dictionum graecarum omnium apud Statium (…). Par., S. Colinæus, 1530. 263 lvs., (1) blank, (36) lvs. W. woodcut printer's mark on ti. Old vellum w. overl. sides. (Ex libris on paste down, name entry in ink in an old hand on first free endp. & title-p., slight foxing on title-p and first pages, marginal yellowing throughout, a few underscores in pencil; otherwise a very handsome, clean copy, clear of letter and soundly bound).
€ 360
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SENECA. Opera omnia. Ed. J. Lipsius. Leyden, Apud Elzevirios, 1639-1640. 3 vols. (24), 552; 718; 442, (145) pp. W. engr. ti., & 2 full-p. engrs. -- J.F. GRONOVIUS. Ad L. & M. Annæos Senecas notæ. Amst., L. & D. Elzevier, 1658. -- Tog. 4 vols. 12°. Late 18th c. full cf. w. dec. gilt backs, sides ruled in gilt, gilt coat of arms of James Harris 1st Earl of Malmesbury on both sides, red mor. labels & a.e.g. (Some spine ends chipped, sl. browned/foxed).
€ 200
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SALLUSTIUS. De Catilinae coniuratione, ac Bello Iugurthino historiae. (Lyon), Gryphius, 1555. 279, (20) pp. W. sev. woodcut capitals, 2 diff. printer's marks on title-p. and on last leaf of Index. Old vellum w. ink lettering on spine & overl. sides. (Vellum smudged, annot. in ink on lower edges, bookplate (?) on paste down, several annot. (and a misshapen griffin) in old hands in ink on the endpapers, (water?)stain on title-p., some light stains and three small ink spots in the text, otherwise very good & remarkably clean copy).
€ 150
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POMPONIUS MELA. De situ orbis libri tres. And. Schottus rec. & spicilgio illustr. Add. H. Barbati Veneti, & F. Nonij Pintiani Castigationes. - Bound as usual with: A. SCHOTTUS. Geographica et historica Herodoti, quae Lat. Mela exscripsit, (…). - Antw., Ex Off. Chr. Plantini, 1582. 2 in 1 vol. 64, (16), 71, 69-80, 70; 28 pp. W. woodcut printer's device on both ti-pp., beautiful fold. engr. worldmap by Ortelius, 1 small text-woodcut & sev. historiated initials. 4°. Old hcf. extra w. raised bands, dec. gilt back & brown label. (Lacking final blank of first work (II4), ink annot. first endpaper, tiny hole to p. 33, a few underl., a bit browned/foxed in places).
€ 400
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PLINIUS SECUNDUS. Epistolarum ll. X. & Panegyricus. Acced. Var. Lectiones. Leyden, Ex Off. Elzeviriana, 1640. (24), 414, (28) pp. W. woodcut printer's mark, rubricated throughout. 12°. Beautiful late 18th c. full red mor. w. raised bands, sides ruled in gilt, gilt coat of arms of James Harris 1st Earl of Malmesbury on both sides, inside dentelles & a.e.g. (Top of spine sl. chipped, a bit yellowed).
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PLINIUS SECUNDUS. Epistolarum ll. decem. Nun quidem ab innumeris mendis variorum exemplarium collatione repurgati. Lyon, Gryphius, 1547. 464, (8) pp. 19th c. mottled cf. w. gilt dec. spine w. raised bands & red label, marbled endpapers. (Wear to extremities, upper hinge chafed, some underscoring & annot. in ink in an old hand, waterstaining throughout the last part, more severe w. some mould in the index, however complete & soundly bound).
PHILO JUDAEUS. Lucubrationes quotquot haberi potuereunt, nunc primum Latinæ factæ per Sigismundus Gelenium. Lyon, Th. Paganus, 1555. (32), 870 pp. Later full cf., spine w. raised bands, gilt dec. & lettering, board edges partly ruled in gilt. (Spine a bit dam., sides chafed & bumped, upper joint split but holding, book plate & stamp on paste down & first free endp., stamp on title-p., very light waterstains throughout, but quite clean & tight).
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PHAEDRUS. Fabularum Æsopiarum ll. V. Cum notis perpetuis J.F. Gronovii & emend. J. Gronovii. Acc. N. Dispontinii. Amst., Janssonius-Waesbergios, 1703. (24), 156; (2), 157-218, 157-298, (2) pp. W. engr. ti.-p. 12°. Cont. vellum. (Some stains, endpapers replaced, but a good complete copy).
€ 100
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PHAEDRUS. Fabularum Æsopiarum ll. V; notis perpetuis illustr., (…) ed. à J. Laurentio. Amst., J. Janssonius à Waesberge & vid. E. Weyerstraet, 1667. (64), 462, (206) pp. W. engr. ti-p. & 103 text-engrs. Cont. cf., rebacked w. spine w. raised bands & red label, apart from some ofsetting very clean & well-bound. (Some wear to extremities, frontispiece cut very close to image, images on pp. 195, 205 & 225 have been pasted on and are coming loose, p. 319 tear along the lower edge of the engr. (does not run into the image), brothel scene on p. 276 intact.).
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OVIDIUS. Operum. Cur. D. Heinsii. Leyden, Ex Off. Elseviriana, 1629. 3 vols. (24), 344; (16), 444; (12), 420 pp. W. woodcut printer's mark on each ti. 12°. Late 18th c. full red mor. w. raised bands, sides ruled in gilt, gilt coat of arms of James Harris 1st Earl of Malmesbury on both sides, inside dentelles & a.e.g. (Spine ends partly dam., corners a bit worn, a bit browned/foxed).
OVIDIUS. Metamorphoses. Studio per J. Sprengium. (Frankf., G. Corvinus, S. Feyerabent, & heirs of W. Galli), 1563. (12), 178, (1) lvs. W. woodcut printer's mark on ti. and at the end, & 178 half-p. woodcuts by Virgil Solis. Charming 19th c. full red mor. w. raised bands, dec. gilt spine, gilt fillet borders on both sides, all edges red and dec. w. gilt crosses. (Extremities sl. chafed, margins cropped but still ample, previous owner stamp on v° ti., scratched out name entry on ti., tiny wormhole running throughout in upper blank margin, sl. browned).
result € 800
CATULLUS, TIBULLUS, PROPERTIUS, CORN. GALLIUS. Opera. Cum Indice (…) Horatii Tuscanellae (…). Hanovia (= Hanau), Cl. Marnius &. her. Jo. Aubril, 1608. (8), 342, 191 pp. W. printer's mark on last p. Later full cf., spine w. raised bands & (later?) red label, sides discreetly ruled in gilt. (Upper hinge broken, ex libris on paste-down, several entries in old hands on or. first free endpaper, yellowing, several underscorings & annot. in ink in an old hand).
€ 160
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