Live auction - Lot 27
[Esoterica]
De prodigiis liber, cum annotationibus Ioannis Schefferi Argentoratensis. Accedit Conr. Lycosthenis Supplementum Obsequentis.
OBSEQUENS, Julius
€ 120 / 180
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Lot description
Amsterdam, H. & Th. Boom, 1679
8vo: [16]-156-[32, 4 bl.] pp. (faint dampstain at end).
Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Very good copy.
Ed. by the Swedish classical scholar Johannes Schefferus (1621-1679) of Obsequens' curious work on omens and supernatural events that took place in Rome between 249 and 12 B.C., mainly based on Livy. With a supplement by the German humanist C. Lycosthenes (Wolffhart 1518-1561). This ed. was also issued in Sweden with the address "Stockholm, J. Beuns". Engr. frontisp. Woodcut mark on title.
Ref. STCV 100676375 (i.a. BL). - Collijn 651. - Cp. Caillet 8129-8133 (other ed.).
Prov. Jean Hubaux (1894-1959) et Jeanne Hubaux (mod. bookpl.).