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5:00 AM PT - Mar 1st, 2012
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Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) and Aulus Persius Flaccus. Satires, translated by Barten Holyday, title in red and black, engraved map, 3 plates (1 folding) and illustrations, lacking vertical half-title (normally bound at end), single-page plates closely trimmed, just touching text/image, water-staining to some outer margins, some light browning, a few marginal ink scribbles, occasional staining, 19th century half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [Wing J1276], folio, Oxford, W.Downing for F.Oxlad Senior, J. Adams, and F.Oxlad Junior, 1673. ***The first combined edition of Juvenal and Persius in English.. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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