Neo-Latin Poetry, Five Volumes.

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Neo-Latin Poetry, Five Volumes.
Jean de la Chapelle's (1655-1723) Oeuvres, Paris: Anisson, 1700, octavo, in two volumes, collected edition, in very good full sheepskin bindings, a.e.g., marbled endleaves, 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
Tibullus's [Opera] Quae Exstant, Amsterdam: Wetsteniana, 1708, title page printed in red and black, engraved vignette, extra engraved title, illustrated throughout, Prince of Lichtenstein copy, in full contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine, short crack at top of front joint, back joint cracked, 9 x 6 3/4 in.
Thomas Parnell's (1679-1718) Poems on Several Occasions, Dubling: Thomas Ewing, 1773, large quarto, contemporary calf, joints split, spine dry, 10 x 8 in.
[and] Jean Passerat's Commentarii in C. Val. Catullum, Albium Tibullum, et Sex. Aur. Propertium, Paris: [Morell], 1608, first edition, folio, in a contemporary binding with the gilt-tooled arms of Henri Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force (1675-1726) on both boards; engraved armorial bookplate of William Lord Viscount Bateman (1695-1744) pasted inside the front board, marbled end leaves, spine a bit dry, corners bumped, 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. These volumes not collated. (5)
Estimate $500-700


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