Live auction - Lot 1350
[Neo-Latin poetry - Jesuits]
Parnassus Societatis Iesu, hoc est Poemata patrum Societatis, quae in Belgio, Gallia, Germania, Hispania, Italia, Polonia &c. vel hactenus excusa sunt, vel recens elucubrata, nunc primum evulgantur [...].
Frankfurt a. M., G. Schönwetter, 1654
€ 400 / 500
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Lot description
4to: [12]-823-[1 bl.]-592 pp. (usual toning and spotting, occasional dampstain).
Contemp. sheep, spine with 5 raised bands, cloth ties partly preserved (rubbed, front joint split). Good copy.
Only ed. (no more publ.) of an unparalleled massive anthology of Jesuit epic poetry on classical, biblical, historical and contemporary subjects.
Ref. VD17 3:300032Y. - Matagne (Namur) P-52. - Not in Oberlé.
Prov. "Seminarij Pontificij Fuldensis 1711" (18th-c. ownership entry on title). - "Günter Oberle" (name on front endpaper). - Libr. stamp.