Archontes Athenienses sive De ijs, qui Athenis summum istum magistratum obierunt, libri IV.

MEURSIUS, Joannes

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Leiden, I. Elzevier for A. Elzevier, 1622

4to: [1-1 bl.-6]-192-[58-2 bl.] pp. (marginal toning, blank fore-edge margin of 1st title cut off, some minor spotting).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine, blue edges.

Treatise on the government of Athens in Antiquity by the Leiden scholar Meursius (1579-1639).
Ref. Willems 200. - STCN 059739223 (i.a. BL).
Prov. Long presentation inscription, dated 9 May 1637, from the German scholar Joannes Henricus Boeclerus (1611-1672), in 1637 teacher at the Strasbourg Gymnasium, to the German theologian Samuel Schallesius (1585-1638) (ms. entry on front flyleaf). - Old ownership entries of Schallesius. - Long old bibliographical note on front flyleaves and lower endpaper (i.a. list of Meursius’ writings). - Stamp on verso of 1st title.
Bound with: Id. - Cecropia sive De Athenarum arce, & ejusdem antiquitatibus, liber singularis. Leiden, Elzevier, 1622. 4to: [1-1 bl.-6]-93-[14-1 bl.] pp. Treatise on the (function of) the Acropolis in Ancient Greece. Woodcut mark on title. Ref. Willems 201. - STCN 059739029.