Live auction - Lot 1318
[Jesuits - Neo-Latin theatre]
Selectae PP. Soc. Iesu. tragoediae.
Antwerp, J. Cnobbaert, 1634
Hammer price: €
360
€ 180 / 220
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Lot description
2 vol., 24mo: 367-[17], 348 pp.
Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink, red edges. Beautiful copy.
Two-volume collection of 11 Latin tragedies by 6 Jesuit authors: Alexander Donatus (Suevia), Bernardinus Stephonius (Crispus, Flavia), Carolus Malapertius (Sedecias), Dionysius Petavius (Sisarus, Carthaginienses, Usthazanes sive Martyres Persici), Jacobus Libenius (Ioseph), Ludovicus Cellotius (S. Adrianus Martyr, Sapor admonitus, Chosroes). Engr. titles.
Ref. DBS III:132:9 etc. - STCV.