PROBA, Faltonia B. Centones de fidei nostrae misteriis e Maronis carminibus excerptum opusculum (...) per Ioannem Plateanum Augustodunensem Heduum (...) in gratiam studiosae iuuentutis editum. 1576 G. Gourbin, 8vo, mod. boards, 27-[1] ff. (some marg....
Estimation :
250 / 300
Adjudication :
300 €
Description
staining). Good copy.
Extr. rare (3rd recorded copy?) school ed. of the 4th-c. Latin Roman Christian poet Faltonia Betitia Proba. Her “centones” (a patchwork of verses extracted from several works of Virgil) were very popular in Christian instruction. Woodcut mark on title.
Extr. rare (3rd recorded copy?) school ed. of the 4th-c. Latin Roman Christian poet Faltonia Betitia Proba. Her “centones” (a patchwork of verses extracted from several works of Virgil) were very popular in Christian instruction. Woodcut mark on title.
