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SILIUS ITALICUS

Punicorum ll. XVII. Cum excepr. (i.a.) F. Modii. Et posthumis not. N. Heinsii. Cur. A. Drakenborch
Utrecht
Willem Vande Water
1717
€180 - €240

4to (29 x 22,5 cm), [34]- 880- [26] pp, engraved frontispiece (Jan Goeree), woodcut title-vign. showing view on Utrecht, 8 full-page engr. and 24 engr. in the text. Large paper copy. A few (ink) stains, otherwise a very fine copy. Contemporary vellum binding, with blind tooling, spine with 6 raised edges, morocco title-piece on spine, sprinkled edges

"Heraldic bookplate Anthony Morris Storer. Ref. Brunet V, 383; Dibdin II, 406: ""This is the celebrated & elaborate edition of Drakenborch, which ranks among the most sumptuous & valuable of the Variorum classics in 4to."""

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