Live veiling - Lot 1208
[Paris - Latin literature]
Epistolarum libri X. Eiusdem Panegyricus Traiano dictus. Cum Commentarijs Joannis Mariae Catanei [...].
Geneva, P. & J. Chouet, 1625
€ 300 / 400
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4to: [24]-646-[2 bl.-23-1 bl.-1-1 bl.-6]-168-151-[1 bl.] pp. (toned, some marg. dampstaining or spotting, title underl.).
Contemp. richly gold-tooled calf, covers with a semé of fleurs-de-lys within an ornamental border and gilt arms, gilt spine with raised bands and morocco label, a.e.g. (rubbed, front joint split, head and tail def.). Good copy.
Scholarly ed. of Pliny’s letters, with a commentary by the Italian humanist Giovanni Maria Cattaneo (d. 1529). Woodcut mark on title.
Ref. USTC 6702140.
Prov. Paris prize binding of the Collegium Grassinaeum, with its arms on covers and the prize awarded 2 August 1646 to "Nicolaus Le pelletier parisinus".