Live auction - Lot 961
[Plantin Press]
In L. Apuleii opera omnia quaestiones et coniecturae [...].
Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1586
€ 250 / 400
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Lot description
8vo: 212-[12] pp. (incl. final blank; some minor soiling, light dampstain at top).
Cont. overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (sl. soiled, remains of ties). Good copy.
Rare first edition of the commentaries and explanations on passages of the works of Apuleius, by the Dutch humanist G. Stewechius (1557-1588). Each part starts with a short dedicatory; at the end some "emendationes" by other scholars (incl. Justus Lipsius, Janus Guilielmus, Franciscus Modius). Woodcut mark on title. Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) 2262. - BT 4428. - Adams S-1861. - STC Dutch (BL) 194. - Pettegree NB 28564. - Not in Sorgeloos, Machiels. Prov. Nordkirchen (bookpl.).