Sold for:
$750
$750
[Pharsalia] Leiden: Simonis Vencentis, 1538. Colophon reads: Dionysius ab Harsio excudebat Lvgdvni, 1538. 8vo, contemporary gilt-stamped calf, printer's woodcut device on title and final leaf, a.e.g. Early rare edition of Lucan's important and influential epic poem on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey. Front board detached; wear to boards; scattered light brownspotting.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-08-07