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Martial (c. 102-38 AD) Epigrammatum Libros XV. Paris: Antonium Cellier, 1680. First edition with Vincent Collesson's commentary, issued for the education of the Dauphin (future Louis XV),large quarto, engraved frontispiece, woodcut printer's device on title, engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces, bound in full contemporary calf with large lozenge tool blocked in blind on both boards, spine tooled in gilt, some cracking along the joints, 10 x 7 in.
Estimate $200-300
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Vincent Collesson, Cellier, ParisJohn Dorfman
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