Live auction - Lot 1470
[Prize book - Dordrecht]
Historiarum corpus concinnius.
LIVIUS, Titus
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
Dordrecht, J. van Braam for the Dordrecht Gymnasium, 1711
8vo: [16]-658-[35] pp. (some spotting).
Contemp. gilt-ruled vellum (sl. soiled), gilt arms on covers, flat spine. Good copy.
Very rare ed. of Livius' History of Rome, edited by Johannes Jensius (1671-1755). Ill. with engr. title vign. and engr. portrait of Livius, both by J. Goeree.
Ref. STCN (2, i.a. BL).
Prov. Dordrecht prize binding with large gilt arms of Dordrecht Latin School on covers (prize gone) (Spoelder, Dordrecht 1).