Anthologia Veterum Latinorum Epigrammatum Et Poematum. Sive Catalecta Poetarum Latinorum in VI Libros Digesta. Vol. I & II Ex Marmoribus & Monumentis Inscriptionum Vetustis, & Codicibus MSS. Eruta. Primum a Josepho Scaligero, Petro Pithoeo, Frid. Lindenbrogio, Theod. Jansonio Almeloveenio, Aliisque... by Burman, Pieter, The Younger; Petri Burmanni Secundi - 1759 & 1773

Amsterdam: Schouten. Good with no dust jacket. 1759 & 1773. Leather. Lxxxiv, 756 pp + Lxii, 785 pp. Indices in both volumes. Quartos in full calf leather with gold ruling to front covers, decorative gilt spines with "1759" stamped at the bottom of both volumes (although the 2nd was published in 1773). Polished speckled edges, marbled end papers, both title pages are red and black, elegant head and tail pieces throughout. Texts are at the top of the page with two columns of discussion under. Bookplates of Dean Gaisford in both volumes. Some rubbing and wear to the covers, but still quite handsome, interiors clean and unmarked. Pieter Burman the Younger (nephew of the famous Dutch classicist) , 1713-1778, was a Dutch philologist, known for his erudition in Latin poetry. Here, Burman collects epigrams and poems collected by Scaliger, Pierre Pithou, etc. , and arranges them into 6 categories across the two volumes for further study.. A handsome set of an important philological and classical work, with a nice provenance. Entirely in Latin. Heavy for international shipping. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .