Lot 976
976
JANUS SECUNDUS. Opera quae reperiri potuerunt omnia. Cur. atque ed. P. Scriverio. Leyden, J. Marcus, 1619. (33), 301, (1) pp. W. engr. portr. on ti-p., author's portr. in the text. Sm-8°. Cont. mottled cf. w. raised bands & dec. gilt back. (W. stamps, sl. browned/foxed).
Rare first edition by Petrus Scriverius (1576-1660) of the collected Latin verse of the famous love poet Janus Secundus (1511-1536). The medallion on the title-p. seems to be Julia, the author's girlfriend. - Simoni (BL) S-115.€ 280
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