LUCANUS (Marcus Annaeus) - De bello civili cum Hug. Grotii, Farnabi notis integris & variorum selectiss. Accurante Corn. Schrevelio - Lugd. Batavorum [Leiden]; Franciscum Hackium, 1658 (printed by Hackius on behalf of the Elzeviers) - Yellowed leaves, 1 small marginal halo on the last third of the leaves - Title engraved by I. Hackius, 1 folding map mounted on tab - Binding of the period in havana granite calf (1 old scratch on the 1st plate, corners dull, hinges and jaws cracked, the latter roughly restored with wax) - Spine with ornate nerves (roughly restored with wax, upper headband damaged) - Brown morocco title-piece (missing) - Engraved bookplate monogrammed HA on the 1st counter plate.

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