Live auction - Lot 1385
Moyse sauvé, idyle heroique [...]. A la serenissime reine de Pologne & de Suede.
Leiden, J. Sambix, 1654
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
12mo: [32]-166-[8-2 bl.] pp. (toned, damp stain in top half, some spotting).
Contemp. leather, gilt ruled border on covers, gilt spine with 4 raised bands (rubbed, head def.). Good copy.
A pirated reprint (first Paris 1653), perhaps printed in France, of the biblical epic of the French poet Saint-Amant (1594-1661). Woodcut "sphere" mark on title.
Ref. STCN. - Willems 754 (note: "une contrefaçon très mal imprimée").