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260. Greek Anthology.- an t h o l o g i a e p i g r a m m at u r a g r a e C o r u m
l i b r i vii, [g r a e C e]...fl o r i l e g i u m d i v e r S o r u m e p i g r a m m at u m
v e t e r u m in S e p t e m l i b r o S d i v i S u m, th e Sir Si d n e y le e C o p y, with
bookplate, woodcut printer’s device to title, preliminaries and last
2 ff. lightly foxed, 2e2 very small hole, affecting part of 2 letters
recto and verso, a few minor spots, handsome 18th century red
morocco, gilt, richly gilt spine in compartments and with double
black morocco labels, rubbed and marked, [Adams A1187;
Renouard, Estienne, 124:6; Schreiber 159], 4to, [Geneva], Henri
Estienne for Huldrich Fugger, 1566. £1,000 - £1,500
*** An attractive copy with a distinguished provenance of an
‘important edition of the Greek anthology, which provided a much
better text than any of its predecessors’ (Schreiber).
Provenance: Sir Sidney Lee, Shakespearian scholar and editor of
The Dictionary of National Biography, 1859-1926 (bookplate).
The property of Prof. Dr. P.G.P. Meyboom
261. Martialis. [ep i g r a m m ata], firSt al d i n e e d i t i o n, italic type,
capital spaces with guide-letters, &8 blank, early ink marginalia
and numbering, upper quarter of title with paper repair (not
affecting text recto or verso), 2 small holes to outer margin of A2,
A2&3 with small hole to upper margin, repair to upper corner of
L6, just touching a minor part of 2 letters, &7 (colophon f.) laid
down and with a small hole affecting part of 2 letters, water-stained
(browned in a few instances), causing fading to marginalia in most
instances, late 17th / early 18th century red panelled morocco,
gilt, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments
with gilt lion heraldic motif at head (with a few splits and spine
ends chipped, but still solid), corners a little worn,[Adams M689;
Ahmanson-Murphy 47; Renouard, Des Alde, 30:7; Censimento
16 CNCE 36108], 8vo, [Venice], [in aedibus Aldi], 1501.
£800 - £1,200
*** An important edition of these witty satires on life in Rome and
the scandalous behaviour of Martial’s contemporaries.
Provenance: J.A. Ormerod (bookplate).
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