Live auction - Lot 962
[Plantin Press]
Physicae.
Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1568
€ 500 / 600
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Lot description
8vo: 103-[1 bl.] pp. (lower half dampstained).
20th-c. red calf, blind-ruled covers, gilt spine on 4 raised bands, decorative endpapers. Good copy.
Rare 2nd ed. (1st 1567) of a philosophical textbook for "artes" students by the Louvain Latin professor Valerius (1512-1578). Woodcut mark on title. Ref. BT 6957 (MPM only). - Voet (Plantin Press) 2387. - Pettegree NB 30034. - Not in Adams, Sorgeloos, STC Dutch (BL). Prov. Blind initials "VB" on front cover.