[Rarebooks] MICHAEL WODHULL'S COPY

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Valerius Maximus.
DICTORUM FACTORUMQUE MEMORABILIUM EXEMPLA.....  Paris: Roberti Stephani. 1544 (colophon:1545). 8vo.  446,(24)pp. with the final blank. Estienne woodcut device on title.  18th. century calf, plainly rebacked in matching calf.  With the gilt arms of Michael Wodhull (1678-1754) on the front cover. Calf covers rubbed, and corners are worn.  Title page a bit dirt soiled.  With Wodhull's note on the front endpaper, "London, June 9, bought at the Porson sale".  A scarce title which was not in the Schreiber catalog. 

$650
Wodhull and Richard Porson were important classical scholars and both built important libraries.  Wodhull was particularly well known for his early printed books.  
Naiditch.  The Library of Richard Porson #1789.  Renouard. Estienne.  p.65 #18.