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Small quarto; [8],136,[12]; 52,[8]; 40. In 3 parts, complete. Later, perhaps early 19thc, half burgundy morocco, edges rubbed buit joints secure and boards well attached. The corners are sl worn. Marbled endpapers. Rubricated title page, slightly spotted, few spots to prelim leaves, but main body of text is clean. Overall a VG copy. *** Johannes Meursius (van Meurs) (15791639), was a Dutch classical scholar and antiquary. He was extremely precocious, and at the age of sixteen produced a commentary on the Cassandra of Lycophron. For ten years he was the tutor to the children of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, accompanying the family on Oldenbarnevelt's diplomatic missions to many of the courts of Europe. While on such a trip, in 1608 he obtained a doctorate of Law in Orléans. In 1610 he was appointed professor of Greek and history at Leiden, and in the following year historiographer to the States-General of the Netherlands. After Oldenbarnevelt's execution in 1619, though he had attempted to remain neutral in religious affairs, Meursius was seen as leaning toward Arminianism, or Remonstrant beliefs by reason of his service to the Oldenbarnevelt children, and his position at Leiden was challenged. In consequence of this he welcomed the offer (1625) of Christian IV of Denmark to become professor of history and politics at Soro, in Zealand, combined with the office of historiographer royal, in which role he produced a Latin history of Denmark (163038), Historia Danica. Meursius was the author of classical editions and treatises, many of which are printed in J.F. Gronovius's Thesaurus antiquitatum graecarum. (Wiki) Isaac Newton had a copy of this work in his library. Seller Inventory # 025278
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