Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum Cum Integris Notis Jani Gebhardi, Henr. Ernstii, & Jo. Andreae Bosii...Curante Augustino Van Staveren.
Lugduni Batavorum: Samuelem Luchtmans, 1734. Hardcover. 5.5 x 8.1 Inches. Very Good. Item #000449
Full vellum binding. Gilt stamp of University of Groningen, Netherlands on front and rear board, with gilt border and acorn motifs. Title in gilt on red spine label. [28], 765 p.p., plus [195] chronology and index. 13 miniature engravings [10 heads of famous Roman and Greek generals, statesmen and politicians: Miltiades, Themistocles, Cimon, Lysander, Alcibiades, Epaminondas, Timoleon, Hamilcar, Hannibal, and Roman Historian Marcus Porcius Cato], [2 torsos of Cimon and Phocian], and [1 shield], plus frontispiece. This is copy was awarded and inscribed in colourful ink and calligraphy on blank leaf facing frontis, to Nicol Veldtman, a student in Groningen, Netherlands, the fifth winner of this book, publicly awarded and dated January, 1752. Second previous ownership inscription of S.W. Schippers on title page and frontis. Soiling to vellum boards and spine. Corners bumped. Sporadic stains and foxing to pages, some pages creased or dog-eared. Two large tears to front and rear endpapers on top right and left corners, showing boards beneath. Leather sewing supports visible on endpapers, otherwise in very good condition.
Price: $2,500.00