Bonhams 1793 : JUVENALIS (DECIMUS JUNIUS) and PERSIUS FLACCUS [Satyrae], 1501; bound with another

[Satyrae], [Adams J770; Ahmanson-Murphy 44], Venice, Aldus, 1501; CATULLUS, TIBULLUS and PERSIUS. [Opera], device on title [not in Adams; Moreau 1680], Paris, Simon Colines, 1529, 2 works in one vol., seventeenth century inscriptions of Edward Palmer, King's College Oxford, and Henry Bracegirdle (who bought it in Oxford on 6 Dec. 1660) and considerable annotation, including an index at the end, early inscription on flyleaf, "Antonius Ballworth(?) ex dono fratris...", booklabel of Gerald Mander, contemporary calf, square spine, pastedowns from a thirteenth(?) century manuscript, some repairs, lower cover blindstamped with nineteenth century coat of arms (probably German; gules, 3 annulets or on a pile engrailed ermine, a crescent for difference), 8vo

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