Live auction - Lot 1328
[Plantin Press - Lipsius]
Iusti Lipsii, sapientiae et litterarum antistitis, fama postuma [ed. Balthasar Moretus].
Antwerp, Plantin Press (J. Moretus), 1607
€ 140 / 180
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Lot description
4to: [8]-114-[1-1 bl.] pp. (minor toning or spotting, title sl. soiled).
Mod. limp boards. Very good copy.
First edition of a memorial volume for J. Lipsius (1547-1606) by poets and scholars from the Spanish Netherlands. With Latin verses by i.a. J. Lernutius, B. Moretus, Ph. Rubens, Fr. Sweertius, D. Lindanus, E. Puteanus, P. Pantinus (also Greek). Full-page engr. portrait of Lipsius by Th. Galle. Engr. mark on title.
Ref. Imhof (Moretus) I-7. - BB III:1111-1113:L-548. - Simoni (BL) M-142. - STCV 6605500. - Bibl. Lips.Brux. 420-422.