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Faces augustae, sive poematia, quibus illustriores nuptiae ... iam a Caspare Barlaeo & Cornelio Boyo latino carmine celebrantur, ad Serenisimam Principem Elizabetham, Fred. Regis Bohemiae & Electoris Palatini filiam.
by CATS [or Catz], Jacob, Caspar Barlaeus, Cornelius Boyus and Jacobus Lydius
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Dordrecht, Sumptibus Matthiae Havii, & typis Henrici Essaei, 1643.. FIRST EDITION. 4°, nineteenth-century half tan calf over dark blue pebbled cloth by Spottiswoode (some wear), spine with gilt highlighted raised bands in six compartments, crimson leather lettering piece in second compartment from head, gilt letter, brown endleaves, text block edges sprinkled red-brown. Full-page engraved portrait of the dedicatee, Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia. Woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initial letters. Slight browning, a few small stains. Portrait cut close at bottom, touching final line of inscription. Overall in very good condition. Armorial bookplate of Elijah Impey on verso of title. (22 ll.), 302 pp., (1 l.), 64, 32, 119 pp., (2 ll.). *** FIRST EDITION? Included in this nicely printed work are 14 poems on marriage, nine by the great Dutch humanist Caspar Barlaeus (well known among Brazilianists for his classic work on the government of Maurits von Nassau in Pernambuco, published in 1647), one by Jacob Cats and four by Cornelius Boyus. Jacob Lydius's Sermonum convivalium libri duo, a dialogue on the marriage and divorce customs of various peoples, has for interlocutors Archaeologus, Bibliacus, Polytropus and Philistor. Provenance: the library of Sir Elijah Impey (1732-1809), Chief Justice of Bengal 1774-1789. *** Graesse II, 85. On Impey, see Dictionary of National Biography (microprint) I, 1047.
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- Bookseller
- Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20824
- Title
- Faces augustae, sive poematia, quibus illustriores nuptiae ... iam a Caspare Barlaeo & Cornelio Boyo latino carmine celebrantur, ad Serenisimam Principem Elizabetham, Fred. Regis Bohemiae & Electoris Palatini filiam.
- Author
- CATS [or Catz], Jacob, Caspar Barlaeus, Cornelius Boyus and Jacobus Lydius
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dordrecht, Sumptibus Matthiae Havii, & typis Henrici Essaei, 1643.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English, Latin literature, poetry, poems, marriages, women, divorces, neo-Latin poetry, Caspar Barlaeus
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