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GUARINI, Giovanni Battista (1538-1612). Il pastor fido. Leiden: Giovanni Elzevir, 1659. 12° (124 x 70mm). Engraved title, 6 engravings by P. Philippe. Contemporary French red morocco, central gilt figure of Cupid on sides within 2 borders à la Du Seuil, inner one with decoration at the corners, gilt edges (worn at extremities, spine chipped at head and foot). Provenance: Mortimer L. Schiff (bookplate; his sale, 7 December, 1938, lot 1600). Willems 849.
With another 7 ELZEVIRS IN FINE BINDINGS including 5 FROM THE LIBRARY OF MORTIMER L. SCHIFF comprising Terentius Comoediae sex (Leiden, 1635); Terentius Comoediae (Leiden, 1635, Schiff copy no.1722); Buchanan Poemata (Leiden, 1628); Sulpicius Severus Opera omnia (Leiden, 1643, Schiff copy, no.1683); Priolus De rebus Gallicis (Utrecht, 1669, Schiff copy, no.1683); Florus Salmasius addidit (Leiden, 1638, Schiff copy, no.1588); Justinus Justini historiarum ex Trogo Pompeio (Leiden, 1656, Schiff copy no. 1621). (8)
With another 7 ELZEVIRS IN FINE BINDINGS including 5 FROM THE LIBRARY OF MORTIMER L. SCHIFF comprising Terentius Comoediae sex (Leiden, 1635); Terentius Comoediae (Leiden, 1635, Schiff copy no.1722); Buchanan Poemata (Leiden, 1628); Sulpicius Severus Opera omnia (Leiden, 1643, Schiff copy, no.1683); Priolus De rebus Gallicis (Utrecht, 1669, Schiff copy, no.1683); Florus Salmasius addidit (Leiden, 1638, Schiff copy, no.1588); Justinus Justini historiarum ex Trogo Pompeio (Leiden, 1656, Schiff copy no. 1621). (8)
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