MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius. Epigrammaton libri XIIII, Lyon: Antonius Gryphius, 1567, 16°, woodcut title device and initials (title slightly thumb-soiled, e5 with large section torn from lower margin resulting in loss of catch numeral, u5 affected by small ink stain recto and verso), early 17th-century calf, sides ruled in blind, with gilt center-piece and smaller floral corner-pieces, spine with raised bands, lettering-piece in one compartment, the remaining 4 compartments decorated with a single floral ornament (upper joints slightly cracked). [Adams M708] Bookplates of Joseph Gwilt and David Worth. Together with Plantin editions of Martial's Epigrammaton and Petronius's Satyricon (Leiden, Franciscus Raphelengius, 1595 and 1596). (3)

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MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius. Epigrammaton libri XIIII, Lyon: Antonius Gryphius, 1567, 16°, woodcut title device and initials (title slightly thumb-soiled, e5 with large section torn from lower margin resulting in loss of catch numeral, u5 affected by small ink stain recto and verso), early 17th-century calf, sides ruled in blind, with gilt center-piece and smaller floral corner-pieces, spine with raised bands, lettering-piece in one compartment, the remaining 4 compartments decorated with a single floral ornament (upper joints slightly cracked). [Adams M708] Bookplates of Joseph Gwilt and David Worth. Together with Plantin editions of Martial's Epigrammaton and Petronius's Satyricon (Leiden, Franciscus Raphelengius, 1595 and 1596). (3)

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