MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius. Epigrammaton libri XIIII, Lyon: Sebastian Gryphius, 1553, 8°, printer's device to title and verso of last leaf, ruled in red throughout (wormhole to t2 affecting text but sense recoverable, slight occasional spotting, outer margin of a few leaves browned), later calf gilt (front joints cracked but cords holding, spine rubbed), marbled edges. [Adams M704] Bookplates of Rob Shafto, Benwell, and William Adair. With the same printer's 1539 edition of Martial's Epigrams, a Plantin edition of Lucan's Pharsalia (Leiden, 1614), Sidonius's Arvernorum episcopi opera (Paris, 1609), Avianus's Fabulae (Amsterdam, 1731) and 2 other works. (7)

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MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius. Epigrammaton libri XIIII, Lyon: Sebastian Gryphius, 1553, 8°, printer's device to title and verso of last leaf, ruled in red throughout (wormhole to t2 affecting text but sense recoverable, slight occasional spotting, outer margin of a few leaves browned), later calf gilt (front joints cracked but cords holding, spine rubbed), marbled edges. [Adams M704] Bookplates of Rob Shafto, Benwell, and William Adair. With the same printer's 1539 edition of Martial's Epigrams, a Plantin edition of Lucan's Pharsalia (Leiden, 1614), Sidonius's Arvernorum episcopi opera (Paris, 1609), Avianus's Fabulae (Amsterdam, 1731) and 2 other works. (7)

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