CLAUDIEN, ÉSOPE
Cl. Claudianus, Theod. Pulmanni Craneburgii Diligentia, & side summa, è vetustis codicibus restitutus. Unà cum Del-rio notis. [Ensemble] Aviani Aesopicarum Fabularum Liber. A Theod. Pulmanno Craneburgio Ex Membranis in Lucem Editus [Ensemble] Claudiani opera Marinii Antonii Del-Rio notae
Ex officina plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum • Jean Moretus|Anvers [Antwerp] 1602|8.20 x 12.60 cm|relié
New Plantin press editions in portable format of these three works. Ruled throughout in red ink.
Copy with the arms of Nicolas de Villars, clerical councillor at the Parlement of Paris and treasurer of the Sainte-Chapelle, later bishop of Agen.
Contemporary full soft brown morocco, a fanfare binding with the rare Duodo-type decoration: smooth spine gilt with six medallions each containing a flower, gilt foliage border, covers fully gilt with 24 medallions, some emblematic (sun, heart, acorn, bouquet, sheaf of wheat), arms stamped in the centre, edges gilt. Discre
€10,000