Hyginus, Gaius Julius (c. 64 BC-AD 17) Fabularum Liber.

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Hyginus, Gaius Julius (c. 64 BC-AD 17) Fabularum Liber. Basel: Hervagiana, 1570. Folio, third edition, edited by Jacob Micyllus (1503-1558),with works by other writers: Palaephatus, Fulgentius, Phurnutus, Albricus, Aratus, and Proclus, woodcut printer's device on title, illustrated with forty-nine woodcuts of constellations, bound in modern vellum, blue paste-decorated edges, damp stain to bottom margin; extensive annotations in the hand of Alfred Holden, whose signature (in the same hand) appears on the ffep, on pages 123 through 142, making notes based on another manuscript copy of Fulgentius's Mythologiarum; 12 1/4 x 8 in.
Estimate $500-700

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