Patarol, Lorenzo. Opera omnia, quorum pleraque nunc primum in lucem prodeunt. Tomus primus (-secundus).

Venice, Giambattista Pasquali, 1743.

Large 4to. 2 vols. XXXII, 496 pp. (8), 501, (1) pp. Title-page printed in red and black. With 2 repeating woodcut printer's devices and 29 folding engraved plates (of which 27 show coins). Contemporary Italian unsophisticated boards.

 900.00

Only edition of the Collected Works, the first printing of several of the works contained. "Collection riche en bons mémoires. Le poeme lat. sur les vers à soie ('Bombicum libri tres'), qui en fait partie, serait, de l'avis de quelques critiques, trèssupérieur a celui de Vida sur le même sujet" (Brunet). The final two engravings relate to botanical essays, the remained are numismatic. Uncut, untrimmed and clean copy in unsophisticated but well-preserved original boards as issued by the publisher. Rare; a single copy at auctions internationally since 1950.

References

Lipsius 307. Jöcher/Adelung V, 1656. Brunet IV, 428.

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