Lot 686
Plutarch
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
Description
Quae supersunt omnia, Graece et Latine. Leipzig, 1774-82, 8vo, 12 volumes, 6 frontispieces, contemporary half calf, worn, some boards loose, labels lacking on most volumes, heavy foxing and offsetting, bookplate of Wynford in each volume; Longinus, Dionysius De sublimitate commentaraius, quem nova versone donavit... Amsterdam, 1733, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, text in Greek and Latin, contemporary vellum, ink notes in Greek on endpapers, inscripition of J.A. Ernesti, 1734 [German classicist and philologist]; Opsopoeus, Johannes Sibyllina oracula. Paris, 1599, 8vo, 3 parts in 1, engraved title page, contemporary vellum, later morocco label, ink notes on front endpapers, ink inscription on title, worn at rear [no loss to text]; Philostratus De la vie d'Apollonius Thyaneen...Paris, 1611, 4to, 2 volumes, lacking title of vol. 2, later quarter calf gilt, rubbed, slight spotting; Lucian, of Samosata Opera. Saumur, 1619, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary vellum, ink notes on endpaper of volume 1, some staining; Cicero, M.T. Librorum philosophicorum uolumen primum. Strasbourg, 1541, 8vo, contemporary roll-tooled vellum over boards, clasps, ink notes on endpapers, public library stamp; Ausonius, Decimus Magnus Opera... in usum Serenissimi Delphini. Paris, 1730, 8vo, 2 parts in 1 volume, edited by Julianus Floridus, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt, lacking backstrip, boards loose [with frontispiece attached], water staining throughout and 12 other volumes of continental classics (32)