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LUCAN, M. annaei lucani pharsalia, sive de bello civili caesaris & pompeii
Estimate:
$150 - $200
Sold
$120
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180: Rare Books
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LUCAN
M. annaei lucani pharsalia, sive de bello civili caesaris & pompeii
publisher: Stephani Curti, Venice 1689]. Engraved title by Portio F, second letterpress title with woodcut engraving of a lion, 411p, an edition of Lucan's ten books on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey as well as an excerpt from Petronius's Satyricon consisting of the writer's "poem" on the civil war. The annotator, Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), a major figure in the history of law, first published his notes on Lucan in 1614. A few spots and light browning, generally clean.
Rebound [not recent, ? late 19th century] in quarter vellum and cream cloth boards, red title label, very tidy copy.
Provenance: Library of Carl R. Straubel
M. annaei lucani pharsalia, sive de bello civili caesaris & pompeii
publisher: Stephani Curti, Venice 1689]. Engraved title by Portio F, second letterpress title with woodcut engraving of a lion, 411p, an edition of Lucan's ten books on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey as well as an excerpt from Petronius's Satyricon consisting of the writer's "poem" on the civil war. The annotator, Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), a major figure in the history of law, first published his notes on Lucan in 1614. A few spots and light browning, generally clean.
Rebound [not recent, ? late 19th century] in quarter vellum and cream cloth boards, red title label, very tidy copy.
Provenance: Library of Carl R. Straubel
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