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LOYSIUS, Georgius.
Georgii Loysii C. V. Pervigilium Mercurii, in quo agitur de praestantissimis peregrinantis virtutibus ... iterum...
Speyer, ‘impensis viduae Bernard Albini’, 1600.
Uncommon edition of this pocket book for travellers by the German jurist Georgius Loysius (1575–1602) ‘in which the most excellent virtues of a traveller are treated, and by what means each one can, without great difficulty, travel through foreign provinces, visit exotic regions, and converse well...
£450
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PETRONIUS ARBITER, Titus.
Satyricon; et diversorum poëtarum lusus in Priapum, cum selectis variorum commentariis. Accedunt Pervigilium...
Utrecht, Gijsbert van Zijll and Dirck van Ackersdijck, 1654.
A volume of Silver Age satire and lewd lyrics with fourth-century Virgilian verses.
£350
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SCALVO, Bartolomeo.
Rosariae preces ad gloriosam Dei genitricem Mariam Virginem meditationibus auctae ad vitae Christi eiusdemq[ue]...
Milan, Pacificus Pontius, 1569.
First edition of this Marian book of prayers for the use of Rosary societies, lavishly illustrated reusing late fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century woodcuts.
£3500
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XENOPHON.
[Opera.]
[Basel, Michael Isingrin, 1545.]
A volume of Xenophon in Latin from the renowned library of Marcus Fugger (1529–1597).
£1850
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ZECEÑA, Basilio.
Oracion pronunciada en la santa iglesia catedral en el XXX aniversario de la Independencia … Se imprime de...
[Guatemala], imprenta de La Paz, 1851.
A pair of contemporary works commemorating the creation of modern Guatemala and El Salvador, one of which is unrecorded.
£450