Bibliotheces sive De deorum origine libri tres, Benedicto Aegio Spoletino interprete [...].

8vo: 82-[16] ff. (1st quire loosening, toned).

18th-c. gilt quarter leather, gilt spine on 4 raised bands, blue edges (rubbed, head def.). Good copy.

Unrecorded Louvain issue of the Latin trsl. of Apollodorus’ work on Greek mythology, 1st publ. Rome 1555. The book was printed by W. Silvius and issued in Antwerp by himself and by J. Bellerus, and apparently also in Louvain by J. Bogardus. Woodcut mark on title. Printed in italics. Ref. Cp. BT 144 (Silvius) & 5092 (Bellerus). - Cp. Ind. Aurel. 106.484 (Silvius) & 106.485 (Bellerus). - Cp. Hoffmann I:206 (same issues). - Cp. Adams A-1307 (Silvius). - Cp. Pettegree NB 2428 (Bellerus) & 2429 (Silvius). - Not in STC Dutch (BL), WorldCat. Prov. Old ownership entries on title (some deleted).