OPPIEN - Lot 184

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OPPIEN - Lot 184
OPPIEN Οπιανου Αναζαρβεως Αλιευτικωυ Βιβλια Ε. Κυνηγετικωυ Βιβλια Δ. Oppiani Anazarbei. De Piscatu libri V. De Venatione libri IIII Paris, Adrien Turnèbe, 1555 BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY VELLUM. COPY FROM THE FAMOUS LIBRARY OF THE ITALIAN BIBLIOPHILE PIETRO ANTONIO CREVENNA [bound with:] Oppiani Anazarbei. De piscatu libri V. Laurentio Lippio interprete. De venatione libri III. ita conuersi, ut singula verba singulis repondeant. Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1555. COLLATION: π2 *2 A-P4 O6 Q-Z4 2A-B4 (without π1 blank): (3) ff., 203 pp. [2B3v-2B4r mispaginated 201-202 for 202-203] Two works in 1 in-4 volume (220 x 154 mm). Texts in Greek and Latin. Letterpress marks on title pages, woodcut headbands and initials. COLLATION: *2 A-Z4 2A-D4: (2) ff, 207 pp, (4) ff. CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Soft ivory vellum overlay, visible stitching, handwritten title on lower edge and spine, traces of laces, number in ink on gutter. PROVENANCE: Pietro Antonio Crevenna (1735-1792; handwritten bookplate on upper flyleaf; Catalogue..., Amsterdam, 1775, t. III, p. 148) -- librairie de Montbel, Paris (label). Pale freckling on a few leaves, more pronounced at the beginning. Small loss at lower spine cap. BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC 151880 and 151757 -- Brunet, IV, 195: "beautiful rare edition [...] It is necessary to join the following volume: Oppiani de piscatu libri V" -- Thiébaud, 696: "very beautiful edition remarkably printed [...] One finds rather often the two parts separated" -- not in Schwerdt -- Souhart, 358
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