1691 Rare Latin Vellum Book - DESCRIPTIONES POETICAE - Dragon, Hydra, Chaos, etc.
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Author : Giovanni Battista Ganducci.
Title : Descriptiones poeticæ ex probatioribus poetis excerptæ quas in hac noua editione vberius locupletatas publicè vtilitati exponit p. Io. Baptista Gandutius Societatis Iesu : cum indice descriptionum omnium vberrimo.
Language : Text in Latin.
Publisher : Venetiis, Apud Nicolaum Pezzana, 1691.
Size : 6 " X 3.5 ".
Pages : 589 pages + index.
Binding : Very good full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn, soiled and scuffed) under a removable protective mylar cover .
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, some foxing and staining, bookplate on first endpaper - as shown).
The book : Rare 17th century edition of this important anthology of Latin poetry which collects excerpts from illustrious writers. such as Horace. Boethius. Seneca. Catullo. Poliziano. Petrarca. Bembo. Sannazzaro etc. on dragons, hydra, chaos, Mundo. Sea. Animalia aquatica. Fluvii. Urbes et Oppida (Rome. Neapolis. Mediolanum. Verona. Senae. Mantua. Patavium. Perusiae. Hierosolyma ...). Villae. Insulae (Sicily. Sardinia. Crete. Delos). Montes. Animantes quadrupedes. Private games. etc.