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Thu, May 30, 2024 01:00PM EDT
Lot 397

HOSSCHIUS AND WALLIUS (1696) ANTIQUE VELLUM BOUND 17TH CENTURY POETRY

Estimate: $880 - $1,000

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Year/Century: 17th century
Language: Latin
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Binding: Vellum
Description: Wallius and Hosschius [Poemata]. ELEGIARUM LIBRI SES Hertz, J.J., Venice, 1696. Two sections in a single volume 317 pages, 6 3/4 in., size 4. original binding on vellum. Seen in the photographs is worn binding with minor edge damage. excellent interior quality Latin text. A Flemish poet and Jesuit priest, Sidronius Hosschius (a latinized variant of Syderoen de Ho(o)sch), was also known as Sidronius de Hossche or Sidron de Hossche (1596–1653). Because of his exquisite Latin poetry, he was highly regarded by his contemporaries, and throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, his writings were repeatedly reprinted.

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