Lotto N. 126
Jabez Hughes
Mount Aetna poetically described ...
London: sold by Jacob Robinson, 1741
...Claudian the poet his elegant history of Rufinus, a most corrupt and rapacious prime minister to the Emperor Theodosius [...] with a curious and exact account of its fiery eruptions [...] To which are added the most beautiful passages in Claudian, Statius, Orpheus, Aratus, and Euripides, rendered into English verse. Also letters moral and entertaining
In-8° (200x125 mm) 13, [7], 292 p. Testatine, iniziali e finali xilografici. Legatura in mz. pelle molto usurata, con al dorso titolo su tassello e vecchia collocazione; restauri ai morsi interni; cerniera allentata con distaccamento delle pp. 97-114 e 115-126. Bruniture e fioriture diffuse
...Claudian the poet his elegant history of Rufinus, a most corrupt and rapacious prime minister to the Emperor Theodosius [...] with a curious and exact account of its fiery eruptions [...] To which are added the most beautiful passages in Claudian, Statius, Orpheus, Aratus, and Euripides, rendered into English verse. Also letters moral and entertaining
In-8° (200x125 mm) 13, [7], 292 p. Testatine, iniziali e finali xilografici. Legatura in mz. pelle molto usurata, con al dorso titolo su tassello e vecchia collocazione; restauri ai morsi interni; cerniera allentata con distaccamento delle pp. 97-114 e 115-126. Bruniture e fioriture diffuse
Al risguardo anteriore cartiglio del North Devon Athenaeum Barnstaple, con vecchia collocazione e il timbro "This book may be kept fourteen days", sovrapposto ad altro cartiglio