Live auction - Lot 1129

[Plantin Press - Psalms]

Paraphrasis Psalmorum Davidis poetica, multo quam antehac castigatior; auctore Georgio Buchanano Scoto [...]. Adnota ubique diligenter carminum genera. Eiusdem Buchanani tragoedia, quae inscribitur Iepthes.

Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, (Mars) 1567

€ 120 / 150

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16mo: 379-[5] pp. (sm. marg. staining, marg. tiny wormholes and wormtrack in 1st half).

Contemp. blind-st. calf, spine with raised bands (very rubbed, head, tail, corners and part. of leather on spine missing).

Second edition, reprint of the first of 1566 (Paris, H. and R. Estienne) but with some changes, of the paraphrase on all the Psalms by G. Buchanan (1506-1582), Scottish scholar and historian. Along with his religious drama "Iephthes sive votum" (1st Paris, 1557). Plantin's mark on title.
Ref. Voet 844.
Prov. Ms. entries and note on title, i.a. of Charles de Faucompré, priest.
Joined: Octavarium romanum [...]. Antwerp, Plantin Press, 1628. 8vo. Contemp. vellum with brass clasps. Copper-engr. full-page and vignette-title. Prov. Ms. entry on title. (2 vol.)

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Lot 1129

Paraphrasis Psalmorum Davidis poetica, multo quam antehac castigatior; auctore Georgio Buchanano Scoto [...]. Adnota ubique diligenter carminum genera. Eiusdem Buchanani tragoedia, quae inscribitur Iepthes.

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