Apr 11, 2013 - Sale 2309

Sale 2309 - Lot 28

Price Realized: $ 4,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,000
JUVENALIS, DECIMUS JUNIUS. Satyrae. With commentary by Domitius Calderinus, Georgius Merula, and Georgius Valla. 146 leaves. Roman type. bound with: PERSIUS FLACCUS, AULUS. Satyrae. With commentary by Joannes Britannicus and Bartholomaeus Fontius; edited by Bartholomaeus Merula. Woodcut on title showing Persius between the 2 commentators. 50 leaves. Roman type. Together, 2 volumes in one. Folio, 310x211 mm, 18th-century English mottled calf gilt, spine ends damaged, joints cracked, cords intact, cover corners worn through; occasional soiling and dampstaining, ink accession number on verso of first leaf of Juvenal, front free endpaper lacking. (Venice: Simon Bevilaqua, circa 1496-97); (Venice: Joannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 14 February 1494/95)

Additional Details

Hain-Copinger 9712, 12738; BMC V, 521, 529; Goff J665, P356; ISTC ij00665000, ip00356000. From the libraries of Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck (1706-82), with his signature dated 24 May 1760; Morris Hicky Morgan (1859-1910), classicist and bibliographer of Persius, with his signature dated 1893 and bookplate; and Hobart College, with their bookplate (Morgan gift).