Sale 15BP02 | Lot 357

[ANACREON] Anakreontos teiou Symposiaka hemiambia-Greek title. Anacreontis teii Convivialia semiambi

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[ANACREON] Anakreontos teiou Symposiaka hemiambia-Greek title. Anacreontis teii Convivialia semiambi

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Lot 357
[ANACREON] Anakreontos teiou Symposiaka hemiambia-Greek title. Anacreontis teii Convivialia semiambi. Rome: [s.n.], 1781. Period ful...
. Rome: [s.n.], 1781. Period full brown calf, all edges red. 18 x 14 inches (46 x 5.5 cm); engraved frontispiece a portrait of Anacreon, [x], 60 engraved plates. Covers scuffed and restained, spine rubbed, short tear to head of spine. Within, occasional finger-soil or toning, in all a clean copy.
A remarkable piece of engraving, with an engraved facsimile of the Palatine manuscript containing these odes, and with the Latin prose translation of Joshua Barnes, here edited by Giuseppe Spalletti. The engravers include Pietro Leone Bombelli, Camillo Tinti and; Stefano, Piale. The work was dedicated to Gabriel Antonio de Bourbon, infante of Spain (1752-1788), son of Carlos III. Brunet I, 253; Graesse I, 111. The work is quite scarce.

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Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for $500 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for $500 (includes buyer's premium)
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