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HYGINUS, Caius Julius e.a.

Auctores mythographi latini. Cum integris commentariis Jacobi Micylli, Joannis Schefferi, et Thomae Munckeri (...) curante Augustino van Staveren
Leiden / Amsterdam
Samuel Luchtmans
1742
€200 - €300

"4to, [68]-962-[24] pp, Titled printed in red & black, engr. title by F.v. Bleyswyck (dated 1741), title-vign. and 43 nice ill. in ""Poeticon astronomicon"" depicting i.a. astronomical figures. Contemporary gilt-ruled vellum prize-binding (for a pupil of the Latin school), large gilt stamp with arms of The Hague on covers. It represents Pallas Athena, harnessed and helmeted, accompanied by her owl and with a lance in her right hand and a shield in her left. The Hague stork is shown on the shield"

"Ref. Storm van Leeuwen, Dutch Decorated Bookbinding in the 18th c., vol. IIA, p. 21 ""Until c. 1795 Hague prize bindings were made practically without exception in vellum"" ""The firm of Luchtmans published many books printed specially for or with a view to their use as school prizes"""

Classics Bindings