Live auction - Lot 802
[Plantin Press]
2 works.
Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. Moretus, Wid. J. Moretus & J. Meursius), 1619
Hammer price: €
400
€ 400 / 600
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Lot description
4to.
Later cardboards.
1. De cruce libri tres [...]. Antwerp, Plantin Press (J. Moretus), 1606. Reprint of the rev. 1599 ed. of Lipsius' work on crucifixion in Antiquity (1st 1593). Ill. with 20 ill. in-text and 1 full-page pl. (all copper-engr. except one). - 2. De bibliothecis syntagma. Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. Moretus, Wid. J. Moretus & J. Meursius), 1619. (Browning). Third edition (1st 1602) and last by the author, giving a historical overview of the libraries of antiquity discribing their importance, locations, buildings, storage methods, and, to a small extent, their contents based on the writings of classical Greek and Roman authors. Ref. BB III:901:L-147. - Simoni L-141. - STCV (only 1 copy, part of a convoluut).