Auction 348 Old & Rare Books - Neo Latin & Humanism
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OWEN, J. Epigrammatum. Ed. postr. Amst., J. Janssonius, 1650. 212 pp. W. engr. front.-portr. & engr. ti. 24° (11 x 7 cm.!). Cont. blind tooled vellum w. overl. sides. (Inner margin portr. rep.).

Cf. Willems 1051 (Elzevier 1647 edition) of which this is a word for word reprint. DNB 14, 1314: "(...) he will always be read with interest for his contemporary allusions and his sprightly good sense." These epigrams became very popular and lived through many editions.

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