Lot 70
Hesiod. Opera, et dies, Heber copy, Lyon, Theobaldus Paganus, 1550.
Hammer Price: £220
Description
Hesiod. Opera, et dies, collation: A-G4, edited by Joannes Brixius, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, some light marginal water-staining, later morocco-backed boards, 4to (181 x 139mm.), Lyon, Theobaldus Paganus, 1550.
⁂ Provenance: "Ex libris Jac. Gaugain" (faded ink inscription to title); Richard Heber (1773-1833, voracious English book collector, his stamp "Bibliotheca Heberiana" to front free endpaper).
Rothamsted acquisition date 1917.
Description
Hesiod. Opera, et dies, collation: A-G4, edited by Joannes Brixius, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, some light marginal water-staining, later morocco-backed boards, 4to (181 x 139mm.), Lyon, Theobaldus Paganus, 1550.
⁂ Provenance: "Ex libris Jac. Gaugain" (faded ink inscription to title); Richard Heber (1773-1833, voracious English book collector, his stamp "Bibliotheca Heberiana" to front free endpaper).
Rothamsted acquisition date 1917.