Live auction - Lot 1071
[Plantin Press]
Epistolarum selectarum centuria prima [- tertia] ad Belgas.
Antwerp, Plantin Press (J. Moretus), 1602
€ 200 / 250
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Lot description
3 parts in 1 vol., lge 4to: [8]-102-[2 bl.], [8]-99-[1 bl.], [8]-115-[1 bl.] pp. (paper age-toned, stronger dampstain to a few quires, some spotting).
Contemp. limp vellum, spine titled in ink, remains of ties (sl. loosening, soiled, sm. def. at front top corner).
First edition of Lipsius’ correspondence with his Low Countries contacts. Printed in 1500 copies.
Ref. Bibl. Belg. III:944-946 L-245. - Imhof (Moretus) L-42. - Bibl. Lips. Brux. 96-98. - STCV 6606482.
Prov. Contemp. Italian names on titles.