De cruce libri tres. Ad sacram profanamque historiam utiles. Una cum notis.

4to: [16]-120-[7-1 bl.] pp. (toning, some light staining).

Contemp. vellum (sl. soiled), flat spine titled in ink (rebacked). Good copy.

First edition, second issue (1st 1593) of Lipsius' treatise on crucifixion as a criminal punishment in Antiquity. Engr. ill.: mark on title, 21 pl. in text and 1 full-page pl., by Pieter van der Borcht. Woodcut mark at end.
Ref. Imhof (Moretus) L-17B. - BT 1941. - STC Dutch (BL) 119. - Adams L-777. - Pettegree (NB) 19340.
Bound after: Id. - Admiranda, sive, De magnitudine romana libri quattuor. Ibid., Plantin Press (J. Moretus), 1599. 209-[6-1 bl.] pp. (toning). 2nd corr. and enl. ed. (1st 1598) of this work on the power of ancient Rome, dedicated to Archduke Albert. Engr. mark on title. Ref. Imhof (Moretus) L-9. - BT 1931. - STC Dutch (BL) 119. - Adams L-759. - Pettegree (NB) 19367. Prov. Libr. stamp.
Joined: Lipsius, J. - Dissertatiuncula apud principes: item C. Plini panegyricus liber Traiano dictus. Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. Moretus, Widow J. II Moretus [= Maria de Sweert] & J. Meursius), 1622. 4to: [16]-140-[6-2 bl.] pp. (title def., ff. S3-4 bound before S1-2; toning). Contemp. vellum (sl. soiled). 3rd. enl. & corr. ed. (1st 1600) of the discourse Lipsius delivered when the archdukes Albert & Isabella visited Leuven University on 25 November 1599, the day after their Joyous Entry in the city. Followed by Lipsius' commentary on Pliny the Younger's "Panegyricus Traiani", the speech he delivered in the Senate in 100 AD. With 1061 (!) footnotes. Engr. mark on title. Woodcut mark at the end. Ref. BB III:926:L-216. - STCV. Prov. Libr. stamp. Bound with: Id. - De bibliothecis syntagma. Ibid., 1619. 35-[4-1 bl.] pp. (toning). 3rd ed. of Lipsius' work on the library of Alexandria. Woodcut mark on title and at the end. Ref. BB III:901:L-147. - Simoni (BL) L-141. - STCV. (4 works in 2 vol.)