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Libert et associés

69 - [CURIOSA]. PETRONIUS.

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Estimation

€200 - 250

Sale fees

30%

[CURIOSA]. PETRONIUS. […] *Satyricon*; and *Lusus in Priapum* by Various Poets […] Included are *Pervigilium Veneris*, Ausonius’s *Cento Nuptialis*, *Cupido Cruci-Affixus*, and a few other works, annotated by living scholars and edited by Simone Abbes GABBEMA. Printed at the Rhine [Utrecht], by Gisb. à Zyll and Theod. ab Ackersdyck, 1654. In-12, red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, decorated ribbed spine, gilt edges (binding slightly later). [VIII] + 56 + [VIII] + 252 + [XX] + 130 + [VI] pp. An edition of the *Satyricon* edited by the Frisian historian Simon GABBEMA (1628–1688), followed by an anthology of priapic poems by various ancient poets; followed by *La Veillée de Vénus* by an anonymous author, as well as the *Centon nuptial* and *Cupido crucifixus* by Ausonius (310–319). An engraved frontispiece; a few illustrations in the text. Oberlé, *Les Fastes de Bacchus et de Comus*, 36. A FINE COPY IN RED MOROCCO LEATHER.

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Auction details

Books & Graphic Works
Tuesday, November 10
02:00 PM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Libert et associés +33 1 48 24 51 20 info@libert-associes.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 35,000 lots published

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