[Rarebooks] FS: First Combined Edition of Juvenal and Persius in English, 1673, with illustrations

[Charles Agvent]

HOLYDAY, Barten (translator). DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS, AND AULUS 
PERSIUS FLACCUS TRANSLATED AND ILLUSTRATED, AS WELL WITH SCULPTURE AS 
NOTES. Oxford: W. Downing, 1673. First Edition. Quarto (7-1/4" x 
11-3/4") bound in modern calf-backed boards with gilt rules and a 
gilt-lettered black morocco spine label, new endpapers; [12], 341, [2, 
blank], [1] pages. With the scarce final label leaf. Title page printed 
in red and black. THE FIRST COMBINED EDITION OF JUVENAL AND PERSIUS IN 
ENGLISH. Illustrated with 36 copper engravings, including 4 full-page (2 
folding), and 17 woodcut figures and decorative initials throughout. 
Some of the illustrations are maps. Wing J-1276. Near Fine. (#012403)    
     $1,100.00

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