Purgold

Edition from the Bibliotheca classica latina printed by Firmin Didot. The text Sur Catulle from p. 410 to 438 is in French.
Full glazed brown calf binding signed Purgold. Spine with false raised bands richly decorated with 4 romantic compartmental tools, blind wavelets on the bands, gilt and blind fillets. Blind decorative border on boards, series of gilt fillets forming border. All edges gilt. Light rubbing. Splendid binding executed by a master and one of the major binders of the Romantic period (pupil of Bozérian) on very fresh paper.
Reference edition abundantly commented and annotated.

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New illustrated edition with two plates hors-texte.
Contemporary full glazed hazelnut calf binding, smooth spine uniformly lightened and decorated with gilt roulettes, interlacing patterns and fillets, wide blind dentelle framing the boards surrounded by gilt fillets and interlacing patterns, gilt fillet on the edges, gilt striations on the headcaps, triple gilt fillets and stamps surrounding the pastedowns, all edges gilt. Binding signed Purgold.
Scattered foxing.
Handsome copy pleasingly bound in a signed contemporary binding.