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Neolatin literature - Jesuits - BARCLAY, John - Euphormionis Lusinini Satyricon, nunc primum recognitum, emendatum, & varijs in locis auctum. Paris, F. Huby, 1605

Estimation : 400 / 400
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
126 ff. [bound with]  ID. - [Idem]. Pars secunda. [France?, s.n.], 1609, 128-[2] ff. [and] ID. - Euphormionis Satyrici Apologia pro se. Paris, Fr. Huby, 1623, 71-[1] pp. [and] ID. - Icon animorum. Iuxta exemplar impressum Londini, apud Ioannem Billium. Paris, [s.n.], 1617, [8]-273 (= 279)-[1] pp. (incl. original blanks; paper age-toned, some spotting, worming in blank bottom margin of central ff.), 8vo, cont. limp vellum (loosening at front), flat spine. Very good copy. Extr. rare complete set of all four parts of this satyrical novel by J. Barclay (1582-1621), a Scottish author living in France. It is dedicated i.a. to James I of England (Pt. I) and Robert Cecil (Pt. II). The text attacks the Jesuits, the medical profession, and contemporary scholarship. The "Apologia" (1st 1611) is a reply to Jesuit attacks. The "Icon animorum" is a description of the character and manners of the European nations. Woodcut on 1st title.
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