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Auction archive: Lot number 164

OPPIANUS of Corycus & OPPIANUS of Apamea. Oppiani de piscibus libri V. Eiusdem de venatione libri IIII. Oppiani de piscibus Laurentio Lippio interprete libri V. First two works in Greek. Venice: in aedibus Aldi, Andreas Torresanus Asulanus, December 1517.

Auction 03.04.1996
3 Apr 1996
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,032 - US$4,549
Price realised:
£4,600
ca. US$6,975
Auction archive: Lot number 164

OPPIANUS of Corycus & OPPIANUS of Apamea. Oppiani de piscibus libri V. Eiusdem de venatione libri IIII. Oppiani de piscibus Laurentio Lippio interprete libri V. First two works in Greek. Venice: in aedibus Aldi, Andreas Torresanus Asulanus, December 1517.

Auction 03.04.1996
3 Apr 1996
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,032 - US$4,549
Price realised:
£4,600
ca. US$6,975
Beschreibung:

OPPIANUS of Corycus & OPPIANUS of Apamea. Oppiani de piscibus libri V. Eiusdem de venatione libri IIII. Oppiani de piscibus Laurentio Lippio interprete libri V. First two works in Greek. Venice: in aedibus Aldi, Andreas Torresanus Asulanus, December 1517. 8° (161 x 92mm). Collation: a-x 8 (blank n7,8). Aldine anchor on title and verso of final leaf. 18th-century Italian brown calf gilt, covers tooled with the arms of the Foscarini family (joints and corners a trifle rubbed). Provenance : Foscarini, of Lecce (binding, manuscript note, assigning this copy to the Bibliotheca Foscarini, by); an unidentified 18th-century hand; Marcel Jeanson (bookplate, number 1392, sale Sotheby's Monaco 1 March 1987 lot 427). A FINE COPY INCLUDING THE EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THE MOST CELEBRATED TREATISE OF ANTIQUITY ON HUNTING. Oppianus of Apamea's De Venatione (or Cynegetica ) forms the historical basis of literature on hunting. The Halieutica (or De Piscibus ) by Oppianus of Corycus, a work on fish and fishing, was first published in Latin (translation by Lorenzo Lippi in 1478; the editio princeps in Greek first appeared in 1515: both texts are present here. The two Oppians were considered to be identical, but De Venatione can be dated to between 211 and 217 A.D. and the author of the second work is known to have lived during the reign of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 A.D.) Adams O-200; Renouard p.81; Schwerdt II,p.50.

Auction archive: Lot number 164
Auction:
Datum:
3 Apr 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

OPPIANUS of Corycus & OPPIANUS of Apamea. Oppiani de piscibus libri V. Eiusdem de venatione libri IIII. Oppiani de piscibus Laurentio Lippio interprete libri V. First two works in Greek. Venice: in aedibus Aldi, Andreas Torresanus Asulanus, December 1517. 8° (161 x 92mm). Collation: a-x 8 (blank n7,8). Aldine anchor on title and verso of final leaf. 18th-century Italian brown calf gilt, covers tooled with the arms of the Foscarini family (joints and corners a trifle rubbed). Provenance : Foscarini, of Lecce (binding, manuscript note, assigning this copy to the Bibliotheca Foscarini, by); an unidentified 18th-century hand; Marcel Jeanson (bookplate, number 1392, sale Sotheby's Monaco 1 March 1987 lot 427). A FINE COPY INCLUDING THE EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THE MOST CELEBRATED TREATISE OF ANTIQUITY ON HUNTING. Oppianus of Apamea's De Venatione (or Cynegetica ) forms the historical basis of literature on hunting. The Halieutica (or De Piscibus ) by Oppianus of Corycus, a work on fish and fishing, was first published in Latin (translation by Lorenzo Lippi in 1478; the editio princeps in Greek first appeared in 1515: both texts are present here. The two Oppians were considered to be identical, but De Venatione can be dated to between 211 and 217 A.D. and the author of the second work is known to have lived during the reign of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 A.D.) Adams O-200; Renouard p.81; Schwerdt II,p.50.

Auction archive: Lot number 164
Auction:
Datum:
3 Apr 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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