Sale: 305 / Rare Books, Nov. 13./14. 2006 Lot 573

 
Opsopeus, J. - Sibyllina oracula.


573
Opsopeus, J.
Sibyllina oracula., 1607.
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€ 400 / $ 428
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€ 512 / $ 547
(incl. surcharge)
Opsopeus, J., Sibylliakoi chresmoi hoc est Sibyllina oracula ex vett. codd. aucta renovata, et notis illustrata. - Oracula magica Zoroastris cum scholiis Plethonis et Pselli nunc primum editi. E bibliotheca regia. - Oracula metrica Iovis, Appolinis, Hecates, Serapidis, et aliorum deorum ac vatum tam virorum quam feminarum. 3 Tle. in 1 Bd. With engr. title and 12 engr. portraits of saints by C. de Mallery as well as 2 big woodcut title vignettes (rep.). Paris 1607. Contemp. vellum and autograph title on spine. 8vo. 7 ll., 524 pp., 71 pp., 1 l.; 144 (recte 140); XXIIII (recte XX) pp., 114 pp., 3 ll.
Ebert 21172. - Graesse VI, 398. - Cf. Dorbon-Ainé 3319, Caillet III, 8135. - Not in Goldsmith. - Third edition of three papers by the Heidelberg professor Opsopeus (1556-96) about oracles. Same copperplates as in the 1599 edition. - "Der Herausgeber benutzte zwei Mss. und handschriftl. Bemerkungen von Ranconnet, Adr. Turnebus und J. Auratus. Exx. auf gr. Paper gibt es ebensowenig als eine frühere Ausg. von 1589" (Ebert about edition 1599). - Parallel text in Latin and Greek. - 1 marginal defective spot. - Ex libris.



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573
Opsopeus, J.
Sibyllina oracula., 1607.
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