De armillis veterum schedion. Accessit Olaii Wormii De aureo cornu Danico ad Licetum responsio.

Amsterdam, H. Wetstein, 1676

€ 250 / 300

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Lot description

12mo: [16]-114-[14]-40 pp. (quire F bound after 2B8; cut somewhat short, occ. marginal toning or staining, blank inner title margin strengthened).

Later boards covered with embroidered red velvet, flat spine with gilt leather label, t.e.g., decorative endpapers. Good copy.

Rev. ed. (1st Copenhagen 1647) of a treatise on bracelets and vessels in Antiquity, followed by a polemic on a Danish golden horn. Engr. front., engr. mark on title, 1 folding engr., 1 double-page + 4 full-page + 1 sm. engr., 2 large + 2 sm. woodcuts.
Ref. STCN.
Bound with: 1. Bartholinus, Caspar - Antiquitatum veteris puerperii synopsis […]. Ibid., 1676. [28]-179-[5] pp. + fold. table. On childbirth in Antiquity. Engr. mark on title, 3 folding engr., 4 full-page + 3 small engr., 1 sm. woodcut. Ref. STCN. - 2. Id. - De inauribus veterum syntagma. Ibid., 1676. [14 (of 16)]-148-[2]-17-[9] pp. (title missing). On ear-rings in Antiquity. 4 full-page + 2 sm. engr., 10 sm. woodcuts. Ref. STCN.