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LIPSIUS, Justus

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Antwerp, Plantin Press (Wid. & Sons of J. Moretus), 1613

4to: [16, portrait incl.]-137 (= 337)-[2] pp.

Contemp. Dutch overl. vellum, flat spine. Nice copy.

2nd enlarged edition (1st: 1607) of a memorial vol. for Justus Lipsius (1547-1606). It contains a.o. a large body of Neo-Latin verse, a biography by A. Miraeus, laudatory texts by i.a. G. Corselius, G. Rivius, E. Puteanus, J. Woverius, C. Scribani, A. a Boecop. Illustrated with Lipsius's portrait by Theodoor Galle. Plantin's woodcut marks on title and at end.
Ref. BB III:1113/1114 (L-549). - Bibl. Lips. Brux. 423-426. - STCV (3). - Not in Simoni (BL), Matagne (Namur).
Prov. Pieter Burman "the Elder" (1668-1741), Dutch classical scholar. He published Latin ed. of Horatius, Velleius Paterculus, Justin, Suetonius, etc. (ms. ownership entry). - Contemp. ms. note on front flyleaf.