Live auction - Lot 1267
[Proverbs - Graz]
Paroimiologias [Greek] [...] sententiae insigniores ex optimis et probarissimis quibusque Graecae & Latinae linguae scriptoribus [...] In calce libri adiectum est specimen aliquod paraphraseos epigrammatum M. Val. Martialis [...].
MEGISER, Hieronymus
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Graz, G. Widmanstetter, [1592?]
8vo: 107 ff. (final blank missing; somewhat short, some dampstaining, minor thumbing).
Mod. boards. Good copy.
Extremely rare (2nd recorded copy?) Graz ed. of a multilingual collection of proverbs from classical authors by the German linguist and historian Megiser (1554-1618). Texts in Greek, Latin, German, Italian, French and Dutch, printed in various types (roman, italic, Gothic). Title within border of type orn.
Ref. VD16 M-1918 (1: München). - Not in Adams, STC German (BL) etc.