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LIPSIUS, JUSTUS. Saturnalium sermonum libri duo, qui de gladiatoribus . . . Editio ultima, & castigatissima. 4 double-page engraved plates; 12 half-page illustrations. 136, [4] pages. Dissertatiuncula apud Principes: item C. Plini Panegyricus liber Trajano dictus, cum eiusdem Lipsi perpetuo commentario. Editio secunda, aucta & emendata. [16], 140, [6] pages. Together, 2 volumes in one. 4to, contemporary vellum, backstrip chipped and cracked; occasional browning of text, scattered marginal dampstains, old inscription on first title, first plate frayed along edges, surface imperfection on second causing slight image loss. Antwerp: Officina Plantiniana apud Joannem Moretum, 1604; 1604
Illustrated work on ancient Roman gladiatorial displays originally published in 1582, bound with the second edition of Lipsius's oration before Archdukes Albert and Isabella.
