Live auction - Lot 1348
[Neo-Latin literature - Studentica]
Nugae venales, sive Thesaurus ridendi & iocandi. Ad [...] Patres Melancolicorum conscriptos [...].
"Prostant apud Neminem, sed tamen Ubique". S.l., s.n., 1663
€ 180 / 220
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Lot description
12mo: [6]-252-[14] pp. (some dampstaining in upper part of 1st half).
19th-c. gilt green morocco, a.e.g., gilt inside dentelles.
"Trifles for sale", a very popular 17th-c. collection of witty stories, riddles, jokes etc., many connected to student life.
Ref. VD17 1:068969T. - ESTC R43499 = Wing N-1466.
Bound with: Studentes sive Comoedia de vita studiosorum. Autore Ignoto Peerdeklontio. "Alentopholi, De aedibus Iberiorici Nobilimi". S.l., s.n., 1662. 12mo: [43] ff. Latin play on contemp. student life. Woodcut ornament on title. Ref. VD17 1:068976B. - ESTC R41570 = Wing N-1465.
Prov. Robert J. Hayhurst, owner of a group of retail pharmacies, John Hayhurst & Son, based in Nelson, Lancashire, and an avid collector of (naval) history (mod. bookpl.).
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