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[Plantin Press - Greek poetry]

Callimachi Cyrenaei Hymni, Epigrammata et fragmenta quae exstant, et separatim Moschi Syracusii et Bionis Smyrnaei Idyllia [...]. Cum annotationibus eiusdem & indice copioso.

VULCANIUS, Bonaventura


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Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1584

16mo: [16]-272-[15-1 bl.]-95]-[1 bl.] pp. (toned, 1st and last ff. soiled).

Contemp. overl. vellum, traces of ties (front joint split and loosening, tail dam.). Good copy.

Greek texts with facing Latin verse translations by the Bruges humanist and Leiden professor Bonaventura Vulcanius (1538-1614), printed by Plantin at Leiden, but issued in 2 versions (with Leiden or Antwerp address). The Callimachus is dedicated to Janus Dousa, the Moschus to Justus Lipsius. Woodcut mark on title and part title.
Ref. Voet 870B & 1721B. - BT 537. - Adams C-233/234.
Prov. Old Jesuit ms. entry on title. - Em. Marcel (mod. bookpl.).

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Lot 721

Callimachi Cyrenaei Hymni, Epigrammata et fragmenta quae exstant, et separatim Moschi Syracusii et Bionis Smyrnaei Idyllia [...]. Cum annotationibus eiusdem & indice copioso.

VULCANIUS, Bonaventura

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