Historia critica catoniana, per singulorum seriem consuetam Dionysii Catonis distichorum ex ordine deducta (...). Amsterdam, F. Houttuyn, 1759, [2]-viii-640-[24] pp. [bound with] CATO, Dyonisius - Dionysii Catonis disticha de moribus ad filium,...
Estimation :
80 / 120
Adjudication :
70 €
Description
praeter sedulam variantis lectionis per omnia conlationem (...). Ibid., xvi-347-[1] pp. 2 works in 1 vol., 8vo, cont. vellum (due to cleaning the surface of the vellum is a bit rough), central coat-of-arms of Amsterdam on covers, flat spine, green ties (one lacking). Copy on strong paper.
2 works bound in an Amsterdam prize-binding (without prize). 1. Commentaries on Cato's Distichs. With an engr. frontisp. by Fokke. Title in red & black. Ref. STCN. 2. The Distichs of Cato is a Latin collection of proverbial wisdom and morality by D. Cato (3rd c.). Also know as the "Cato", the distichs was a very popular medieval school book prized as a Latin textbook and as a moral compass. Engr. ills : front. and 3 full page engr. by Fokke. Title in red & black. Ref. STCN.
2 works bound in an Amsterdam prize-binding (without prize). 1. Commentaries on Cato's Distichs. With an engr. frontisp. by Fokke. Title in red & black. Ref. STCN. 2. The Distichs of Cato is a Latin collection of proverbial wisdom and morality by D. Cato (3rd c.). Also know as the "Cato", the distichs was a very popular medieval school book prized as a Latin textbook and as a moral compass. Engr. ills : front. and 3 full page engr. by Fokke. Title in red & black. Ref. STCN.
