Description:
Juvenal (1st/2nd Century CE) & Persius (34-62 CE) trans., Barten Holyday (1593-1661) Decimus Junius Juvenalis, and Aulus Persius Flaccus Translated and Illustrated, as well with Sculpture as Notes. Oxford: for W. Downing for F. Oxlad Senior, J. Adams, and F. Oxlad Junior, 1673. Folio, title page printed in red and black, with woodcut ornament, illustrated with text woodcuts and engravings, two folding and three full-page engravings, some tears and water stains, some patches pasted to title page to cover old ownership inscriptions; bound in contemporary speckled calf, worn, with an old spine label, later endleaves and pastedowns with a modern bookplate, 12 x 7 1/2 in.
[pi]1, a-b2, B-Z4, Aa-Uu4, Xx3.
http://estc.bl.uk/R12290
Estimate $200-300
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