MERULA, Paulus Opera varia posthuma de sacrificiis (...) sacerdotibus (...) legibus (...) comitiis & praemiis &c. Romanorum. 1684Leiden,P. van der Meersche,J. du Vivie4 parts in 1 vol., 4to, late 18th c. half sheep (rubbed), goldtooled spine with...
Estimation :
200 / 300
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
morocco label (def. at tail, some sm. marg. holes), [16]-144-[4], [2]-55-[1 bl.]-[1]-[3 bl.], [2]-288-[4], [2]-49-[3] pp. Good copy.
First and only ed. of a posthumous collection of works on the Roman Empire by P. Merula (1558-1607) with a one-page biography of the author, a poem by B. Vulcanius and other preliminaries. Each of the four parts has its own divisional title. The frontisp. shows numerous classical figures and sculptures. Du Vivié's publisher's device with motto "Ab Uno Vita" on title. The t.-p. is a press variant, with 1 line of text differing from that illustrated by the STCN (which also shows Van der Meersche's "Laurea Vincenti" device) extending the title of the last part "Comitiis & Praemiis" with "quae Militiam sequebantur".
First and only ed. of a posthumous collection of works on the Roman Empire by P. Merula (1558-1607) with a one-page biography of the author, a poem by B. Vulcanius and other preliminaries. Each of the four parts has its own divisional title. The frontisp. shows numerous classical figures and sculptures. Du Vivié's publisher's device with motto "Ab Uno Vita" on title. The t.-p. is a press variant, with 1 line of text differing from that illustrated by the STCN (which also shows Van der Meersche's "Laurea Vincenti" device) extending the title of the last part "Comitiis & Praemiis" with "quae Militiam sequebantur".
