Lot 12
Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus) Pharsalia, commentary by Omnibonus Leonicenus and Johannes Sulpitius Verulanus, Venice, Simon Bevilaqua, 31 January, 1493.
Hammer Price: £900
Description
Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus) Pharsalia, commentary by Omnibonus Leonicenus and Johannes Sulpitius Verulanus, collation: [*6] a-z A-C8 D6, 219 ff. (of 220, lacking final blank), 64 lines and headline, Roman letter, initial spaces with guide-letters, water-stained, damp-staining and fraying to fore-margins, attractive 19th century morocco, gilt, covers with arabesque centre-pieces, spine in compartments, head of spine little chipped, corners worn, rubbed, folio (312 x 204mm.), Venice, Simon Bevilaqua, 31 January, 1493.
⁂ First edition with commentary by Johannes Sulpitius. In his dedicatory letter Sulpitius argues that Lucan's greatness rivals that of Virgil.
Provenance: John Darcy ('Joannis Darse', 16th-century ownership inscriptions); J. H. Burn O.R, March, 1931 (bookplate).
Literature: BMC V, 517; Goff L-305; GW M18859; HC *10241; Bod-inc L-163; BSB-Ink L-235; ISTC il00305000.
Description
Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus) Pharsalia, commentary by Omnibonus Leonicenus and Johannes Sulpitius Verulanus, collation: [*6] a-z A-C8 D6, 219 ff. (of 220, lacking final blank), 64 lines and headline, Roman letter, initial spaces with guide-letters, water-stained, damp-staining and fraying to fore-margins, attractive 19th century morocco, gilt, covers with arabesque centre-pieces, spine in compartments, head of spine little chipped, corners worn, rubbed, folio (312 x 204mm.), Venice, Simon Bevilaqua, 31 January, 1493.
⁂ First edition with commentary by Johannes Sulpitius. In his dedicatory letter Sulpitius argues that Lucan's greatness rivals that of Virgil.
Provenance: John Darcy ('Joannis Darse', 16th-century ownership inscriptions); J. H. Burn O.R, March, 1931 (bookplate).
Literature: BMC V, 517; Goff L-305; GW M18859; HC *10241; Bod-inc L-163; BSB-Ink L-235; ISTC il00305000.
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