Hardcover
1651 · Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden Netherlands)
by Valerius Maximus; Antonius Thysius
Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden Netherlands): Apud Franciscum Hackium, 1651. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Early edition. frontispiece, [xvi], 855 pages of text, [1] page colophon, followed by 32 un-numbered pages containing an index. Original un-restored full leather binding with vertical creasing/cracking, and minor shelfwear, remaining intact and attractive. The engraved title page (by R. A. Persyn) has a handwritten ex-libris at the top margin. The first page of text has a large chip with loss to about a dozen words. The inner margin/gutter of the first dozen pages have minor staining. The closed page edges have a few minor spots of staining, and there is minor scattered foxing, but the text is relatively clean and unmarked. Early edition..
(Inventory #: 019426)