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VALERIUS FLACCUS, Caius - BURMAN, Petrus (vert.)

C. Valerii Flacci Setini Balbi Argonauticon libri octo : cum notis integris Ludovici Carrionis, Laurentii Balbi Liliensis, &c.

Leiden
Samuel Luchtmans
1724

€80 - €120

4to, [158], 760, [99] pp, engraved title ""N. v. M. del."" en ""F. B. fec"", title vignette, without portrait. Contemporary speckled calf binding, mottled edges, spine richly gilt

Caius Valerius Flaccus was a first cent. c.e. Roman poet. His surviving epic verse work, the ""Argonauticon"" describes the quest of Jason and the Argonauts for the legendary Golden Fleece. The work exists in eight books but was left incomplete by the author. This edition of the ""Argonauticon"" was edited by Pieter Burmann (1668-1741) a professor of History and Eloquence at Utrecht and Leiden. He compiled and included copious notes from previous scholars.
Ref. Schweiger II, p.1100 ; Dibdin II, 516.
Provenance:
heraldic bookplate

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