A D Schottus Andreas 1552 (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 24 mo. 442, [154] pp. 18th c. olive morocco, spine flat, nicely gilt on all sides. This is the third volume of the 1639 - 1640 Elzevier edition of the works of Seneca the Elder & Younger (Willems notes a 1640 edition, but not this edition). The first two volumes contain Seneca the Younger, while the third volume contains the works of the Elder, his father. So this volume, although an odd volume technically speaking, stands alone as complete for Seneca the Elder. A lovely copy in a charming binding. This printing is one of Bonaventura and Abraham Elzevir's famed pocket editions of Latin classics, initiated in 1629 during an expansion of the press. The aim was to ensure wide circulation of accurate texts for everyday use, and the books were printed with engraved title-pages, narrow margins, and a distinctive font of type, cut by Christoffel van Dijck, whose influence on subsequent typographers endured well into the 19th century.…

442, [154] pp. T.p. printer's device. Head-- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 24mo: A - 2B12. Last leaf blank. 13.5 cm x 7 cm. Stand-alone 3rd volume of the 1639 - 1640 Elzevir edition of the works of Seneca the Elder & Younger; the first 2 volumes contain the works of Seneca the Younger, while this volume contains the works of his father. Additionally, this volume includes 2 indexes, the first covering vols. 1-2 & the 2nd for this 3rd volume. Binding a bit aged. A few unobtrusive ex-lib markings to prelims. Early annotations/pos to eps & t.p., which has had 'Tomus Tertius' erased. Lacking rfep & rear hinge paper starting. Withal, a VG copy. Period full vellum binding, yapp edges, with hand-inked title to spine crown 1st edition thus. Not in Willems (who notes a 1640 edition, cf. 508). Berghman, in his supplement to Willims, discusses the 1639 publication in entry 673 (for the 1649 edition).…