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HYGINUS a.o.

Mythographi Latini. C. Jul. Hyginus. Fab. Planciades Fulgentius. Lactantius Placidus. Albricus Philosophus

Amsterdam
ex off. vid. J. à Someren
1681

€160 - €200

2 parts in 1 vol. in-8vo, (50), 487, (61); (32), 330, (26) pp. With engraved title., engr. portrait of the editor, & 43 fine square text-engr. of astronomical & mythological creatures and symbols. Slightly foxed in some places, pale marginal damp-staining on some lvs, but a very good copy. Contemporary vellum, spine soiled

Contains the 'Fabulae' & 'Poeticon astronomicon' of Hyginus; the 'Mythologicon' & 'Virgiliana continentia' by Fulgentius; the 'Narrationes fabularum quæ in Ovidii Metamorphoseon' by Lactantius Placidus & 'De deorum imaginibus libellus' by Albricus Philosophus. Modern bookplate Jan De Vries. Ref. Brunet III, 1982; Graesse IV, 642; Schweiger II, 464

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