Ars poetica et in eam paraphrasis, et parekbolai [Greek], sive Commentariolum Ioannis Sambuci.

8vo: 188-[2] pp. (normal toning, dampstaining at quire K, without final blank).

Mod. cloth, flat gilt-decorated spine, red leather title label (sl. bumped at corners, head & tail). Good copy.

One of the rarest of Plantin's editions of classical authors: Horace's "Art of Poetry" with a commentary by the Hungarian humanist and emblem writer Sambucus (1531-1584), composed during his stay at Genoa in 1562. Printer's mark on title.
Ref. Voet 1377. - BT 1498. - Adams H-978. - Pettegree (NB) 15798. - Not in Sorgeloos, STC Dutch.