[Rarebooks] FS: Plantin Press collection of Greek & Latin proverbs. Leyden: 1585

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Fungerus (or, Fungeri), Joannes. NOVA PROVERBIORUMFarrago Tam ex Graecis quam Latinis Auctoribus Collecta. Leyden: Ex OfficinaChristophori Plantini. 1585. Sm. 8vo. 213,(3)pp. With the final leaf ofcolophon. A.e.g. Title with large Plantin woodcut device. 19thcentury dark green morocco, rebacked with the old spine laid down. With 2bookplates of the great collector William Stirling Maxwell (one is his platefor his collection of proverbs). Very nice coy of a scarce book.       $1,000.00(trade discount allowed)
Acollection of proverbs compiled from Greek & Latin authors, withexplanations. Voet 1224.
 
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