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two old books are stacked on top of each other on a white surfacean old book with a drawing of a woman being taken from a fountainan old book with an image of a man on a thronean old book with a bunch of different types of coinsan old book with a picture of a man on top of a table
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202 - SUETONIUS. Opera, with a commentary by Samuel Pitiscus.
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Estimate €400 - €500
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Description
SUETONIUS. Opera, with a commentary by Samuel Pitiscus. Leeuwarden, François Halma, 1714–1715. 2 volumes in-4, midnight blue morocco, triple gilt fillet, decorated spine, interior lace, gilt edges (contemporary binding). A scholarly edition by the German philologist Samuel Pitiscus (1637–1727). A sumptuous illustration by Arnold Houbraken, engraved by Matthijs Pool, comprising a frontispiece (repeated in the second volume), 28 plates, including 6 fold-outs, 12 large headpieces, 12 large tailpieces and vignettes within the text. A copy bound in midnight blue morocco of the period. Spine faded, caps and corners worn, with foxing.
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About the sale Fine antique books – A library in the Languedoc
Auction location
Auction time 10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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