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VELLEIUS PATERCULUS, Caius

Quae supersunt ex Historiæ Romanæ voluminibus duobus. / Annotated edition by P. Burman

Leyden
Samuel Luchtmans
1719

€80 - €120

8vo, (40), 748, (118) pp. Engraved title page (Bleyswyk), typographical title page in red and black. Full vellum calligraphy PRIZE BINDING with the gilt coat of arms of LEYDEN, black morocco title piece on spine

Ref. Dibdin II, 525: ""(...) very excellent edition (...) ; Storm van Leeuwen, Dutch decorated Bookbinding, IIA, p. 251, rubbing E. ""Leiden was one of the few Dutch towns to have a special block for prize bindings given for calligraphy. It represents the arms hanging by ribbons from a crown. The whole is set in a laurel wreath pierced crosswise by the two quills. The block has been found only on octovo bindings by the Necklace bindery

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