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[Neo-Latin poetry - Middelburg imprint]
Poemata omnia [...].
Middelburg, S. Moulert, 1642
€ 180 / 200
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24mo: 443-[5 bl.] pp. (sl. toned, some faint dampstaining).
Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Very good copy.
Only ed. of the collected Latin poetry (including the famous paraphrases of Psalms) of the Scottish Neo-Latin poet Arthur Johnston (1579-1641), rector of King’s College Aberdeen and editor of the "Delitiae poetarum Scotorum" (1637). Engraved title with portrait.
Ref. STCN 830622942 (i.a. BL). - Not in Oberlé.
Prov. Name on front flyleaf "J.G. Smolderen", Antwerp politician and collector (library sold 1855).