first edition
1539 · Lugundi
by Lucain
Lugundi: Apud Seb. Gryphium, 1539. First edition. First edition. 12mo. Superb full vellum boards, gilt rules cover and spine. 295pp. Superb woodcut vignette on title page and another at the very end. A historical treatise on the battle of Pharsalus (Greece, 48 B.C.). Colophon dated 1538. With curious pagination error (as called for), i.e. pp. 292-93 omitted in numeration. Exceedingly scarce. Stanford has a copy, we were not able to locate any other copies.
(Inventory #: 3926)