Dec 05, 2013 - Sale 2334

Sale 2334 - Lot 202

Price Realized: $ 562
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 1,000
(CIRCUS MAXIMUS.) Panvinio, Onofrio. De ludis circensibus, libri II. De triumphis, liber unus. 31 (of 32) engraved plates, many double-page or folding, with plates V and X and 32-35 joined to form 2 continuous images. [12] (of [20]), 148; [16], 147 pages; lacks title, next 3 preliminaries, and plate Y (Sacrificii in Circensibus Ludis ritus). 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 360x237 mm, contemporary calf gilt; occasional soiling and dampstaining, minor repairs on text leaves at beginning and end, scattered minor tears. Padua 1681

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Later edition of Panvinio's 1596 account of games, rituals, and other events held at the Circus Maximus in ancient Rome, reprinting as an appendix his 1571 work on Roman triumphal processions.