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MEXIA, Pedro. Silva de varia lecion agora ultimamente emenda…
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MEXIA, Pedro. Silva de varia lecion agora ultimamente emenda…
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
MEXIA, Pedro. Silva de varia lecion agora ultimamente emendada, y de la quarta parte anadida... En Anveres, Ivan Bellero, 1603. Fort in-8 in small in-12 format, (16) ff. (title, prologue, table), 898 pp. Contemporary vellum, smooth spine, handwritten title on spine and head edges, red speckled edges (discreet soiling to binding, corners dulled, tail-cut slightly rubbed, leaves slightly browned, lower margin short, lack repaired pp. 889-898, possibly rebacked). Rare. Spanish Antwerp edition of Mexia's most famous book. Pedro Mexia (1497-1551), humanist, poet and historian to Charles V. In this collection, the author discusses major events in world history, the powers of nature and man, great human achievements, banquets, gastronomy, wine, etc., based on books by Greek and Latin authors that he had read in their original language Brunet, III, 1688.
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