Online auction - Lot 124
[Neo-Latin poetry]
Elogia doctorum virorum ab avorum memoria publicatis ingenii monumentis illustrium […]. Praeter nova Ioan. Latomi Bergani in singulos epigrammata […].
Basel, [H. Petri & P. Perna, 1561]
Starting bid: €
120
€ 150 / 200
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8vo: [16]-310-[10] pp. (some marginal spotting).
Contemp. gold-tooled and blind-decorated calf, covers with blind-ruled frames and gilt central ornament and corner pieces, spine with 4 raised bands (rubbed, head def., tail dam.). Good copy.
2nd part only, complete in itself, of P. Giovio’s "Elogia virorum bellica virtute illustrium" (VD16 G-2064), containing eulogies of famous writers (mainly Italian) accompanied by Neo-Latin verses. With additional poems by the historian Joannes Latomus (Bergen op Zoom, 1524-1578). Printed in italics.
Ref. VD16 G-2059. - Not in Oberlé.
Prov. Groenendael monastery (entry "Viridis Vallis" on title).