De viris illustribus urbis Romae liber falso hactenus Corn. Nepoti, vel C. Plinio Caecilio inscriptus: nunc rece(n)s ex Vett. & manu scr(iptorum) codicum comparatione factus auctior, & emendatior ab Andrea Schotto Antverpiano. Eiusdem Notae [...].

Douai, J. Bogardus, 1577

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Lot description

4to : [56] ff. (unobtrusive dampstain in inner margin, sm. hole in H1 with loss of some letters, and in blank inner margin of O4).

Disbound. Very good uncut copy.

1st ed. of the 1st work of the Antwerp scholar (and later Jesuit) A. Schottus (1552-1629). Ref. Labarre (Bogardus) 30. - Ind. Aurel. 11.813. - DBS VII:866:1. - STC French (BL) 323. - Not in Adams. Prov. Ff. 4v-7r & 8v extensively annotated in cont. handwriting.