[Gryphius Press] M. Annei Lucani De bello cvili libri decem

Lugundi: Apud Seb. Gryphium, 1539.

First edition. 12mo. Superb full vellum boards, gilt rules cover and spine. 295pp. Superb woodcut vignette on title page and another at the very end. A historical treatise on the battle of Pharsalus (Greece, 48 B.C.). Colophon dated 1538. With curious pagination error (as called for), i.e. pp. 292-93 omitted in numeration. Exceedingly scarce. Stanford has a copy, we were not able to locate any other copies.

Price: $2,250.00   Item #3926