Musaei, Moschi & Bionis, Quae Extant Omnia: Quibus Accessere Quaedam Selectiora Theocriti Eidyllia. Impressa Mojore Charactere, Scultura Adornata, Latinoque Carmine Reddita, Graecis e Regione Appositis. Autore Davide Whitfordo. Londini: Typis Thomae Roycroftii, MDCLIX.
All the Extant Works of Musaeus, Moschus, and Bion: to Which Have Been Added Selected Idylls of Theocritus. Printed in Larger Type, Adorned with Engravings, and Rendered in Latin Verse, with the Greek Texts Opposite. By David Whitford. London: Printed by Thomas Roycroft, 1659.
An extremely scarce work.
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Provenance:
Armorial bookplate of Lord Sandys.
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Size: 169 x 223 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(2), t.p., 5pp., pp.2-143, (2)]
Full brown calf binding with blind-stamped boards. Spine prominently rubbed and worn. Binding rubbed and scuffed with some scratches, small hole to the leather of the front board, and some leather fragments lacking from the rear board. Shelf and edge wear. Front board detached. Rear board attached with cracked joint and hinge starting, thus fragile. Red page edges dulled. Bookplate attached to front pastedown. Endpapers foxed with edge toning. Ink inscription to front and rear blank. Very small hole to the front blank. Pencil inscription to front blank. Text block very clean with light edge toning and occasional foxing. One illustrated plate only, some copies are known to contain two.
