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M. Annaeus Lucanus De Bello Civili, cum Hug. Grotii, Farnabii notis integris & variorium selectiss; Accurante Corn: Schrevelio
by Lucan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Lugd. Batav. et Roterod [Leiden, Netherlands]: Ex officina Hackiana, 1669. Hardcover. Good +. [16], 614, [146] p.: folded map; 20 cm. (Signatures: *8 A-3A8 3B4 8vo). Full calf (18th century?) with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Gilt decoration along edges of both boards. All page edges speckled red. Engraved title page. Engraved head-pieces and initial letters. "Petronii Arbitri Specimen belli civilis": p. 519-528. "Supplementum Lucani. Libri septem. Authore Thoma Majo Anglo": p. [529]-614. Map is titled: Typus Regionum, per quas grassatum est bellum hoc civile inter Pompeium et Caesarem. Inscription on second leaf, partially crossed out, leaving year, 1781; 1 cm. at upper edge of that leaf excised, presumably removing former owner's name but not impacting headpiece or text. In Good+ Condition: leather is rubbed with some worm damage; loss of headband and some additional leather at head of spine and along back joint from upper edge; pages are clean and tight; map is clean and intact; a solid copy.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- 002407
- Title
- M. Annaeus Lucanus De Bello Civili, cum Hug. Grotii, Farnabii notis integris & variorium selectiss; Accurante Corn: Schrevelio
- Author
- Lucan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ex officina Hackiana
- Place of Publication
- Lugd. Batav. et Roterod [Leiden, Netherlands]
- Date Published
- 1669
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; History & Politics; 16th- & 17th-Century Books; Maps;
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- Headband
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Gilt
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