Oct 17, 2017 - Sale 2457

Sale 2457 - Lot 156

Price Realized: $ 219
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
HORATIUS FLACCUS, QUINTUS. Q. Horatius Flaccus. With commentary by Laevinus Torrentius and Petrus Nannius. [20], 839, [49] pages, including engraved portraits of the author and Torrentius, penultimate colophon leaf, and final blank. 4to, 251x177 mm, 17th-century vellum boards with blind-stamped arabesque centerpiece on covers, ties lacking, covers slightly warped; occasional toning or browning, few ink blots. Macclesfield embossed stamp on title and next 2 leaves; armorial bookplate of the North Library at Shirburn Castle. first torrentius edition. Antwerp: Officina Plantiniana apud Joannem Moretum, 1608