LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. De Rerum Natura libri sex, edited by O. Gifanius, Antwerp: Christiphor Plantin, 1566, 8°, Greek and Latin text, woodcut title device, several woodcut initials, later red straight-grained morocco [attributed to Roger Payne in a pencil note], single gilt pin-head roll on covers and spine (lightly scuffed, spine rubbed) [Adams L1664; Gordon 103] Provenance: Grant and Bolton of Dublin (bookseller's ticket); John Trotter Brockett (bookplate); W.H. (?) Mouresey (inscription on title) -- Lucius APULEIUS. Opera Omnia, edited by P. Colvius, Leiden: Franciscus Raphelengius, 1588, 8°, woodcut title device and initials (lightly browned) [Adams A1368], bound with -- Petrus COLVIUS. In L. Apuleii Opera Omnia Notae, Leiden: Franciscus Raphelengius, 1588, 8°, woodcut title device, (Gg6 with rust hole affecting text, occasional light browning) [Adams C2424], old vellum, silk ties. Provenance: D.S. Robertson (booklabel). (2)

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LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. De Rerum Natura libri sex, edited by O. Gifanius, Antwerp: Christiphor Plantin, 1566, 8°, Greek and Latin text, woodcut title device, several woodcut initials, later red straight-grained morocco [attributed to Roger Payne in a pencil note], single gilt pin-head roll on covers and spine (lightly scuffed, spine rubbed) [Adams L1664; Gordon 103] Provenance: Grant and Bolton of Dublin (bookseller's ticket); John Trotter Brockett (bookplate); W.H. (?) Mouresey (inscription on title) -- Lucius APULEIUS. Opera Omnia, edited by P. Colvius, Leiden: Franciscus Raphelengius, 1588, 8°, woodcut title device and initials (lightly browned) [Adams A1368], bound with -- Petrus COLVIUS. In L. Apuleii Opera Omnia Notae, Leiden: Franciscus Raphelengius, 1588, 8°, woodcut title device, (Gg6 with rust hole affecting text, occasional light browning) [Adams C2424], old vellum, silk ties. Provenance: D.S. Robertson (booklabel). (2)

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