BOXHORN, Marcus Zuerius (1612-1653). Monumenta Illustrium Virorum et Elogia. Amsterdam: Joannem Janssonium, 1638.

4to (302 x 194 mm). Engraved title-page. 125 engraved plates. (Toning and dampstaining, 75 mm tear to plate 114.) Modern brown cloth (rebound). Provenance: Newberry Library (library deaccession stamp).

FIRST EDITION of Boxhorn’s collection of engraved funerary epitaphs of notable historical figures and scholars including Virgil, Erasmus, Dante, Petrarch. and Alciati. Watt I.142w.

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BAYARDI, Ottavio Antonio (1690-1765). Catalogo degli Antichi Monumenti Dissotterrati dalla discoperta citta di Ercolano. Naples: Regia Stamperia di S.M., 1755. Folio (460 x 360 mm). Half-title, Engraved title vignette. (Toning and scattered spotting.) Modern green cloth, edges stained red (rebound, slight rubbing to spine). Provenance: John M. Wing (1845-1917), American printer, publisher and collector, (Old Corner Library bookplate), benefactor to; Newberry Library (library deaccession stamp). Second edition of Bayardi’s catalogue of the archaeological findings from the first excavation of the ancient city of Herculaneum. Text volume only, not including 8 volumes of plates published 1757-1792 commonly found with this work.

Property from the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois

BOXHORN, Marcus Zuerius (1612-1653). Monumenta Illustrium Virorum et Elogia. Amsterdam: Joannem Janssonium, 1638.

BOXHORN, Marcus Zuerius (1612-1653). Monumenta Illustrium Virorum et Elogia. Amsterdam: Joannem Janssonium, 1638.