[Rarebooks] FS: Silius Italicus on the Punic War, Lyon 1551

[Bob Petrilla]

Colleagues,

We are pleased to offer:

Silius Italicus. DE BELLO PUNICO LIBRI SEPTEMDECIM. Lyon: Sebastian
Gryphius, 1551. Early edition. 410pp. Contemporary, embossed vellum,
showing two personages on front and back covers, with Latin captions and an
intricate border. Binding stained; 3/4" chip at tail of spine; foot of
title-page clipped, leaving imprint intact. 5.25" x 3" Good . Vellum.
This 17-book Punica, an epic poem about the Second Punic War and the
longest surviving poem in Latin at over 12,000 lines, is also the only
surviving work by the first-century Latin poet, Silius Italicus.   $400.00

20% trade discount, postpaid in US

Thanks for looking,

Bob Petrilla



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