SPOOR, Henricus Deorum et heroum, virorum et mulierum illustrium imagines antiquae illustratae. 1715 P. De Coup, 4to, cont. calf (upper cover repaired), gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (joints clumsily repaired), gilt red title label, [4]-199-[1]...
Estimation :
150 / 200
Adjudication :
240 €
Description
pp. (stains on title, somewhat spotting, lower margins sl. staining, engr. titlepage lacking).
Rare 2nd ed. (1st 1707 titled "Favissae utriusque antiquitatis") of this beautiful illustrated work by H. Spoor (1693-1715). Engr. ills : title-vign. and 99 portraits (some signed P. Bodart) depicting gods and heroes from classical mythology and history. Each pl. accompanied with Latin verses and an epigram. Ref. STCN (2 i.a. 1 at BL London). Cicognara 3014. We join : Ausonius, Decimus Maximus - Opera ad optimas editiones collata (...). Biponti [= Zweibrücken], Typographia Societatis, 1785, [2]-xxviii-354 pp. (somewhat dampstaining) [bound with] Phaedrus - Fabulae Aesopiae novissime recognitae et emendatae (...). Editio accurata. Biponti [= Zweibrücken], Typogr. Societatis, 1784, [2]-lii-232-[2 bl.] pp., 2 works in 1 vol., 8vo, cont. marbled sheep (corners sl. bumped), gilt ruled flat spine, gilt red leather title label. Good copy. 2 later augm. editions of Latin poems by Ausonius and Phaedrus. Both with a large engr. ill. on title by Weis. Ref. BnF. (2 vol.)
Rare 2nd ed. (1st 1707 titled "Favissae utriusque antiquitatis") of this beautiful illustrated work by H. Spoor (1693-1715). Engr. ills : title-vign. and 99 portraits (some signed P. Bodart) depicting gods and heroes from classical mythology and history. Each pl. accompanied with Latin verses and an epigram. Ref. STCN (2 i.a. 1 at BL London). Cicognara 3014. We join : Ausonius, Decimus Maximus - Opera ad optimas editiones collata (...). Biponti [= Zweibrücken], Typographia Societatis, 1785, [2]-xxviii-354 pp. (somewhat dampstaining) [bound with] Phaedrus - Fabulae Aesopiae novissime recognitae et emendatae (...). Editio accurata. Biponti [= Zweibrücken], Typogr. Societatis, 1784, [2]-lii-232-[2 bl.] pp., 2 works in 1 vol., 8vo, cont. marbled sheep (corners sl. bumped), gilt ruled flat spine, gilt red leather title label. Good copy. 2 later augm. editions of Latin poems by Ausonius and Phaedrus. Both with a large engr. ill. on title by Weis. Ref. BnF. (2 vol.)
