Live veiling - Lot 1347
[Neo-Latin literature - Satire]
Gyges Gallus [...]. Accessere Somnia sapientis.
Paris [i.e. Germany ?], s.n., 1660
€ 120 / 180
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Beschrijving lot
12mo: [1-1 bl.-10]-478-[2] bl. pp. (toned and spotted throughout).
Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink, 2 metal pin clasps. Good copy.
Probably a pirated reprint of a curious Neo-Latin novel describing the vices and virtues of its time, and a popular satire on contemporary ideas and practices, by the French Capuchin Zacharie de Lisieux (1596-1661). He uses the old story of the invisible man Gyges, who is able to visit various French private houses without being seen.
Ref. Cp. Gay/Lemonnyer II:446 (1663 ed.). - Cp. Cioranescu III:67442 (1658 ed.).
Prov. The Passau Jesuits (old ownership entry on title).