Live auction - Lot 988
[Leuven University]
Academia Lovaniensis. Ejus origo, incrementum, forma, magistratus, facultates, privilegia, scholae, collegia, viri illustres, res gestae [rev. ed. Christianus van Langendonck].
Leuven, P. Sassenus, 1667
€ 140 / 200
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Lot description
4to: [8]-197-[2] pp. (some sm. notes, some sm. pieces of paper pasted in margins, occ. minor spotting).
Contemp. calf (sl. rubbed), gilt spine with 5 raised bands (joints rubbed), red leather title label, red sp. edges. Good copy.
Rare enlarged edition (1st 1627) of a history of Leuven University by the historian and Neo-Latin author Nicolaus Vernulaeus (1583-1649). Engraved ill. on title.
Ref. Matagne (Namur) V-158. - STCV. - BL. - BnF.
Prov. Ownership entry deleted and bookpl. removed from front pastedown.