Live auction - Lot 1293

[Greek & Latin poetry]

Selecta epigrammata ex Florilegio et alia quaedam ex veteribus poetis comicis praesertim, Latino item carmine conversa.

Rome, B. Zanetti, 1608

€ 180 / 220

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16mo: 363-[5] pp. (toned).

Contemp. vellum (soiled, head def.). Good copy.

Large selection of epigrams from the Greek Anthology with humanist Latin translations by i.a. P. Aegidius, A. Alciatus, C. Celtis, M. Marullus, U. Velius, and esp. Th. More.
Ref. USTC 4033439 (BL and Italian libraries). - Not in Gibson (More).
Prov. Old ownership entry on front flyleaf.
Joined: Quercu, L. a - Farrago poematum ex optimis quibusque , et antiquioribus, et aetatis nostrae poetis selecta [...]. Tomus secundus. Paris, G. Gourbin (?), 1560. 16mo: [2 (of 4)]-416 ff. (*1 missing, replaced by later printed title, and *4 with part of list of authors). Mod. overl. vellum. Pt. II of an extensive anthology of epigrams by classical and Renaissance Latin poets. Ref. Pettegree (FB) 66003. - Gibson (More) 477. (2 vol.)

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Lot 1293

Selecta epigrammata ex Florilegio et alia quaedam ex veteribus poetis comicis praesertim, Latino item carmine conversa.

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