Author: BURMAN, PIETER,
Title: Poetae latini minores sive Gratii Falisci Cynegeticon, M. Aurelii Olympii Nemesiani Cynegeticon, et eiusdem Eclogae IV. T. Calpurnii Siculi Eclogae VII. Claudii Rutilii Numatiani iter, Q. Serenus Samonicus De medicina, Vindicianus sive Marcellus De medicina. Q. Rhemnius Fannius Palaemon De ponderibus & mensuris, et sulpiciae satyra. Cum integris doctorum virorum notis, & quorumdam excerptis curante Petro Burmanno, qui & suas adjecit adnotationes. 2 volumes.
Description: Leiden, Conradus Wishof, Daniel Goedval, 1731. Frontispiece Vignettes. Vellum bindings with stamped sides and with raised bands. 4to. (LX), 730, (II), 553, (111) pp. volume 1 binding and endpapers waterstained and slightly damaged, former owner's name and some annotations in old handwriting on the endpapers and in the margins of the text in both volumes, some foxing and paper slightly waterstained in both volumes, otherwise good condition ¶ 'Collection estimée à cause des notes savantes qu'elle renferme; on y trouve deux poëtes (Serenus Samonicus et Vindicianus) qui ne sont pas dans le recueil de Wernsdorf', Brunet, Manuel du libraire, IV, 757-758. Graesse, Trésor de livres rares et précieux, V, 378. Pieter Burman, Utrecht 1668 - Leiden 1741 (...) enjoyed the lessons of the wellknown Latinist Joh. Georg. Graevius (...) He was one of the most important linguists of the 18th century. His works, especially those on the Latin poets, cum notis variorum, are still of great importance for their textual criticism' NNBW, IV, 354-358

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