Antiquitatum Romanarum corpus absolutissimum.

"14. Amstelodami (Amsterdam), Ex Typographia Blaviana, 1685, thick in-4°, 24 x 18.5 cm, engraved title-page + (iv) + 934 + (30) pp, index, 7 engr. plates (by P. Philippe), some folding, cont. vellum, ties missing, raised back, gilt supralibros on front and back cover, speckled edges, small stamp neatly cut from title-page (no loss of text), small text loss at p. 32 due to a missing corner. Still a fine copy. The text is sometimes in 2 columns, printed in roman and italic with occasional Greek quotations The engrav. title bears the inscription; ""Romanarum antiquitatum corpus absolutissimum cum notis doctissimis Thomae Dempsteri I.C. et oeneis figuris accuratissimis."" Johann Roszfeld, 1551- 1626, a Lutheran preacher from Saxony. This first compilation of Roman ""antiquities"" (religion, law, literature, customs) was first published at Basel in 1583; Thomas Dempster, 1579? - 1625, a Scotsman, expanded it. Bound in at the end (with continous pagination) ; Pauli Manutii Antiquitatum Romanorum Libri Duo, de Legibus ed de Senatu...studio And. Schotti."

" Trajecti ad Rhenum (Utrecht), Apud Guilielmum vande Water, 1701, thick in-4°, 24 x 19 cm, (xii) + 956 + (30) pp, index, with 7 engr. plates (by P. Philippe), cont. vellum, ties missing, smooth spine, gilt supralibros with coat of arms on front and back cover. The text is sometimes in 2 columns, printed in roman and italic with occasional Greek quotations The engrav. half-title bears the inscription; ""Romanarum antiquitatum corpus absolutissimum cum notis doctissimis Thomae Dempsteri I.C. et oeneis figuris accuratissimis."" Johann Roszfeld, 1551- 1626, a Lutheran preacher from Saxony. This first compilation of Roman ""antiquities"" (religion, law, literature, customs) was first published at Basel in 1583; Thomas Dempster, 1579 - 1625, a Scots historian and humanist, publ. an expanded edition (Paris, 1613). Bound in at the end (with continous pagination) ; Pauli Manutii Antiquitatum Romanorum Libri Duo, de Legibus ed de Senatu...studio And. Schotti."

Amsterdam, Salomon Schouten, 1743 In-4 de (16), 956, (30) pp., vélin blanc, plats ornés de roulettes et fleurons dorés avec large motif central, dos à nerfs orné filets et fleurons dorés, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque).

Librairie Laurent Coulet

Laurent Coulet

Paris, France

Genève, Pierre et Jacob Chouët, 1632 Grand in-8 (163 x 238 mm), 16 ff. n. ch., 1055 pp. mal ch. 1063, 69 ff. n. ch., 1 f. bl. Veau granité, double filet doré en encadrement sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné de filets et fleurons dorés, nom d'auteur doré, tranches mouchetées, coins émoussés, petits trous de vers en haut du dos sur la reliure, des rousseurs (reliure de l'époque).