FESTI (FESTUS), SEX. POMPEI AND FLACCI (FLACCUS) MAR. VERRII: 'DE VERBORUM SIGNIFICATIONE'
books 1-20, illustrated by Andreas Dacerius, published by Huguetanorum, Amsterdam 1699, all contained in tooled vellum binding with ink half title, with Bridehead bookplate and retaining decorative frontispiece.
Note: Marcus Verrius Flaccus (circa 55BC - circa 20AD), the teacher of Emperor Augustus' grandsons, completed an encyclopaedic dictionary ('On The Meaning Of Words'), the contents of which are known today only from a lengthy summary written about 150 years later by Sextus Pompeius Festus.
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£100 - £200
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Hammer price:
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£170 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.