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OPERA Joh Isacius Pontanus secundo recensuit: adiectis ad libros singulos NOTIS. Quiubus accedunt Joh. Meursi breviores Notae.
by Macrobius, Aur. Theodosius, notes by Joh. I. Pontanus and J. Meursius
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leiden: Joannis Maire 1st edition thus., 1628. Hardcover. Very Good. Woodcut printer's mark of man tilling the field + diagram on page 25. . Octavo contemporary laced-through vellum with inked title to spine and yapp fore-edges (a few ink marks but vellum sound & clean). Colated complete [32]pp (title & prelims) + 768pp + [48]pp (index & errata). Circular stamp of St Ignatius College Amsterdam with release overprint on titlepage and neat early signature "Munckeri 1678". A few other annotations or underlinings, about 20 leaves near middle (pp405-439) have tan staining to top third of page not affecting legibility, so maybe present before book assembled for binding. Main notes are by Dutch humanist scholar Pontanus - his first published work. Text in Latin with some Greek. *Macrobius' Commentaries on Cicero's Dream of Scipio featured astral projection and foretelling the future, and his Saturnalia celebrate Roman festivals to honour the god Saturn. A nice tight copy with no worming, no loose pages or tears.
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- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- V74938
- Title
- OPERA Joh Isacius Pontanus secundo recensuit: adiectis ad libros singulos NOTIS. Quiubus accedunt Joh. Meursi breviores Notae.
- Author
- Macrobius, Aur. Theodosius, notes by Joh. I. Pontanus and J. Meursius
- Illustrator
- Woodcut printer's mark of man tilling the field + diagram on page 25.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Joannis Maire 1st edition thus.
- Place of Publication
- Leiden
- Date Published
- 1628
- Keywords
- Latin Greek classics Scipio astral projection Saturn
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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Abbey Antiquarian Books
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
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