Live auction - Lot 1360
[Neo-Latin poetry]
Opera quae reperiri potuerunt omnia, curante atque edente Petro Scriverio.
Leiden, J. Marcusz, 1619
€ 250 / 350
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Lot description
8vo: [68]-301-[1 bl.] pp. (toned and spotted, tiny hole in blank part of title, sm. def. to blank top margin T6-8).
18th-c. mottled calf, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, marbled edges (sl. rubbed). Good copy.
Rare first edition by Petrus Scriverius (1576-1660) of the collected Latin verses of the famous love poet Janus Secundus (1511-1536). Engr. medal on title (the poet’s beloved Julia); engr. portrait of Secundus on *8v. Printed in italics.
Ref. STCN. - Simoni (BL) S-115. - Not in Oberlé.
Prov. Libr. stamp.