Live auction - Lot 1342
Epistolae, partim ab auctore latino sermone conscriptae, partim ex gallico translatae [...].
Amsterdam, J., P. & W. Blaeu, 1682-1683
€ 550 / 800
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Lot description
3 vol., 4to: [8]-383, [4]-404-[4], [16]-427 pp. (some light soiling, occ. foxing, some sm. tears and holes, contemp. ms. index in vol. I).
Contemp. vellum, flat spines titled in ink, sprinkled edges. Nice copy.
Third edition of the Latin correspondence and reprint of the original (D. Elzevier, 1668). Contains 352 letters (119 + 118 + 115), dealing with morality, physics, medicine and mathematics. Ill. with numerous woodcuts in-text. As for all copies, the titles of volumes 1 and 2 strangely bear the Elzevier mark and the motto "NE EXTRA OLEAS".
Ref. Guibert 11. - Van Otegem, pp. 625-629, 638-642, 647-651 (ext. descr.). - Hoogendoorn (Exact Sciences in the Low Countries) pp. 286-287. - STCN 305230611, 305231294, 305230972.