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Rosarium politicum, sive amoenum sortis humanae theatrum. De Persico in Latinum versun [!], & notis illustratum, a Georgio Gentio.
Amsterdam, Gerbrand Schagen, 1688.
12mo. (22), 372 pp. With engraved title-page and 12 engraved plates. Contemporary calf with giltstamped red spine label.
€ 1,500.00
Third and final impression of this edition, comprising the Latin part of the first complete translation of Saadi's "Rose Garden" into any western language. Text taken from the Persian-Latin edition of 1651; the annotations are in Latin translation only. The engraved title-page still bears the first impression's 1680 date, the charming illustrations were first issued in 1655.
Condition
Some browning, otherwise a very good copy.
References
Cf. Brunet V, 24. Schwab 1010.
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![Rosarium politicum, sive amoenum sortis humanae theatrum. De Persico in Latinum versun [!], & notis illustratum, a Georgio Gentio.](https://inlibris.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img-bn28047-324x324.jpg)