Lot no. 191
LATIN AUTHORS. Set of 10 books. AULLU-GELLE. Noctes atticæ. Lyon, S. gryphe, 1532. In-8, pastiche calf. CATO (Dionysius). Disticha moralia nomine Catonis inscripta. Paris, Robert Estienne, 1585. In-8, half calf (Dodé). New edition of this teaching booklet. CATULLE, TIBULLE, PROPERCE. Fragmentis quæ extant. 1626. Dictys Cretensis... 1631. Silius Italicus... 1620. 3 works in one vol. in-24, overlapping vellum. DIONYSIUS CATO. Disticha de moribus ad filium... Bound with : Historia Critica Catoniana. Amsterdam, Houttuyn, 1759. In-8, contemporary Dutch vellum with the arms of the city of Amsterdam. Spine darkened. [48] FLORUS. [Opera]. Leiden, Elzevier, 1638. In-12, overlapping vellum. First Elzevier edition. Ex-libris Fr. Chasté, of Berlin. LUCRÈCE. De rerum natura libri sex. Leiden, Plantin, Franciscus Raphelengius, 1595. In-8, 17th century calf, worn. Edition edited by Hubert von Giffen (1534-1604) and printed by Plantin in Antwerp. OVIDE. Metamorphoseos libri moralizati cum pulcherrimis fabularum principalium figuris. Lyon, Jacques Huguetan chez Jacques Myt, 1516. In-4, repackaged in an antique vellum binding (corroded). About fifteen woodcuts in the text. Coll.: [6], CXCIIII, [8] ff. PÉTRONE. Satyricon. Utrecht, G. vande Water, 1709. In-4, fawn half calf with corners. Commentary by Burmann and engravings outside the text. PRUDENCE. Opera. Amsterdam, Jansson, 1631. [Followed by: MARTIAL, Opera, Ibid. n.d.]. In-24, overlapping vellum. TITE-LIVE. Historiarum libri ex recensione Heinsiana. Leiden, Elzevier, 1634. 3 volumes in 6 volumes small in-12, red morocco with the arms of Longepierre. Bindings very worn, volume III gnawed. First Elzevier edition in in-12 format, edited by Daniel Heinsius. It is, according to Willems, "the one that enthusiasts prefer, because it is the best printed". It is decorated with a title-frontispiece engraved by Duysendt (remounted) and a full-page figure. Willems, n°405 - Rahir, n°392 - Brunet, III, 1106.
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