Live auction - Lot 1358
[Neo-Latin poetry - Theatre]
Poemata [...] [3rd enl. ed.].
Antwerp, G. Wolsschatius, 1623
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
8vo: 271-[1] pp. (sl. toned, blank fore-edge corners of final f. cut off, tiny worming in blank bottom margin).
Contemp. limp vellum, flat spine titled in ink (sl. loosening). Very good copy.
Enl. ed. of the Latin poetry of Zevecotius (1596-1642), incl. his theatre plays "Maria Graeca" (on Mary Stuart), "Rosimunda", and "Esther". Engr. title ill. Printed in italics.
Ref. STCV 6643367. - Soleinne 424. - Not in Oberlé.
Joined: Knippinga, Joannes Aurelius, O.E.S.A. - Facetiarum epigrammaticarum centuriae sex, variis argutiis, iocis, salse, sapienter & pie dictis respersae. Antwerp, J. Mesius, 1672. 12mo: [10]-98-[1-1 bl.] pp. (minor soiling). 18th-c. marbled boards. Nice collection of witty epigrams on birds, love, marriage, tobacco, wine and more by the Augustinian poet Knippinga (d. 1694). Engr. front. by G. Bouttats. Ref. STCV 6603550. - BCNI 12940. - Oberlé 401. (2 vol.)