Live auction - Lot 896
Ex optimis utriusque linguae scriptorib[us] [...] libri octo.
Lyon, S. Gryphius, 1555
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
16mo: 923-[15, 4 bl.] pp. (lacking final blank; toned, some soiling and thumbing).
Richly blind-tooled cont. vellum, flat spine titled in ink, gilt gauffered edges (loose at front, recased, lower cover repaired). Good ruled copy.
Repr. of the 1552 Gryphius ed. of Erasmus’ popular book of classical quotations, 1st publ. Basel March 1531. Woodcut mark on title. Ref. Bibl. Belg. II:449 E-347. - SvGültlingen (Gryphius) 1329 = Baudrier VIII:273. - Adams E-500. - Bezzel 215. - De Reuck 70. - Ind. Aurel. 163.561. - Not in Erasmus Online.
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