Live auction - Lot 1359
[Neo-Latin poetry - Scotland]
Delitiae poetarum Scotorum hujus aevi illustrium [-Pars altera] [ed. Arthur Johnston].
Amsterdam, J. Blaeu, 1637
€ 200 / 250
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Lot description
2 vol., 12mo: 639-[1 bl.], 573-[2-1 bl.] pp.
19th-c. gilt red calf by Henderson & Bisset (Edinburgh), covers with triple gilt ruled border, richly gilt spines, sides gilt, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Very good copy.
Major anthology of Neo-Latin poetry by Scottish authors, compiled by the physician and poet A. Johnston (1579-1641). Woodcut mark on titles.
Ref. STCN 852634536. - Not in Oberlé.
Joined: Musarum Anglicanarum analecta [...]. Volumen primum [4th enl. ed.]. London, J. Tonson & J. Watts, 1721. 12mo: [8]-279-[1] pp. Contemp. marbled calf, gilt spine (front joint split). Dublin prize binding, with gilt arms of Trinity College Dublin on covers. Ref. ESTC T134528. (3 vol.)