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CATULLUS, TIBULLUS and PROPERCIUS.
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CATULLUS, TIBULLUS and PROPERCIUS.
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
CATULLUS, TIBULLUS and PROPERCIUS. Opera. Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1772. In-12, red morocco, triple gilt rule, plain decorated spine, interior lace, gilt edges (Contemporary binding). A superb printing by Baskerville, who published two editions of this work in the same year, one in quarto and the other in 12mo.
A fine copy, elegantly bound in the period.
It was presented by Edmond de Goncourt to Alphonse Daudet, with a signed autograph ex-dono inscription and Daudet’s ex-libris stamp.
Some rubbing, corners slightly worn, a few foxing spots.
Gaskell, no. 45.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Antique books – Alchemy & the occult sciences
Auction location
Auction time
11/04/2026 at 2:00 PM
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