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OVIDIUS Naso Publius (43 BC-17 AD). Opera quae vocantur Amatoria. Basel: Hervagius, 1549.
Swiss edition of Ovid's erotic works with commentary by Micyllus, born Jakob Moltzer, philologist and humanist who was in close contact with Melanchthon. It is preceded by a biography of the great Sulmonese from 'De Poetarum Historia' by the humanist from Ferrrara Gregorio Giraldi Lilio. The work contains: Amores, Ars amatoria, Remedia amoris, De medicamine faciei, Halieutica, Consolatio a Liviam de morte Drusi, Nux, Fragmenta ex epigrammatis and also, of uncertain attribution, Carmen ad Pisonem, De pulice elegia, De philomela.Folio, (310 x 210 mm). Printer's device to title-page, woodcut initials, three-column final index (a few dampstains in the margins mainly to the end leaves, reinforced title-page with repaired tear). 18th-century full vellum binding with gilt title-piece to spine. Provenance: 18th-century allegorical ex libris with Minerva and pen initials F.. L., dated 1759.. (1)
ESTIMATE € 200 - 300
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COLLAERT, Adriaen (1560-1618). [Series of the 7 Roman basilicas]. [16th century].
COLLAERT, Adriaen (1560-1618). [Series of the 7 Roman basilicas]. [16th century].
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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FALDA, Giovanni Battista (1648-1678). Le fontane di Roma. Roma: Giacomo de Rossi, [1675-89].
FALDA, Giovanni Battista (1648-1678). Le fontane di Roma. Roma: Giacomo de Rossi, [1675-89].
ESTIMATE € 1,500 - 2,000