1597 POETRY on FISHING & HUNTING by OPPIAN antique VELLUM BOUND 16th CENTURY

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Title: 1597 POETRY on FISHING & HUNTING by OPPIAN antique VELLUM BOUND 16th CENTURY

Description: Poetae Cilicis de Venatione
Libri IV. de Piscatu Libri V.
Cum Interpretatione Latina, Commentariis, & Indice rerum... studio & opera Conradi Rittershusii...
3 parts in 1 volume.
Leiden, Officina Plantin for F. Rapheleng; 1597
Full limp vellum, spine with raised bands and title label
- Adams, O 207. Schwerdt II, p. 50. -
Contains, in addition to the commentary by Rittershusen, two works by different authors, both named Oppian.
Oppian from Corycus in Cilicia wrote the eulogy on fishing (Halieutica) and dedicated it to the Roman Emperor Aurelius and his son Commodus.
Oppian from Syria dedicated his eulogy on hunting (Cynegetica) to the Emperor Caracalla.
Toning, title page repaired
Size 4 1/4 by 6 3/4 inches
Text in Latin
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1597 POETRY on FISHING & HUNTING by OPPIAN antique VELLUM BOUND 16th CENTURY

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