Oct 14, 2021 - Sale 2582

Sale 2582 - Lot 65

Unsold
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
Lipsius, Justus (1547-1606)
Epistolarum, (Quae in Centurjis non extant) Decades XIIX. Quibus accedunt Poematia Eivsdem.

Harderwijk: Apud Viduam Thomae Henrici, impensis Wilhelm Verbruggen, 1621.

Octavo, contemporary ownership inscription in Greek and Latin inside front board; bound in full contemporary well-preserved parchment over boards, lacking ties, one board corner worn away, a little dusty, nicely preserved and fully functional, 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.

Lipsius's work in classical scholarship meant that his correspondents numbered humanist authors and scholars from all over Europe and include Abraham Ortelius, Jan Douza (father and son), Joseph Scaliger, Sir Philip Sidney, Erasmus, and many others.