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M. Annaei Lucani : Pharsalia / curante Angelo Illycino.

Accession number
PML 152027
Creator
Lucan, 39-65.
Published
Vindobonae : V. Degen, 1811.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
De Luxe imprint done in Germany.
Full page engravings by Rahl, Kohl, Schramm and Leybold after Waechter.
This book is accompanied by a letter from a Stuttgart bookdealer, Moritz Levi, written about 1890 in which he says that he bought the book from the estate of Hartneck's son. A lithographed sheet showing city of Stuttgart and the tools of the various trades is laid in. The certificate is dated March 18th, 1850, and is signed among others by Hartneck.
Description
432 p.
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Polychrome (purple) morocco binding by F.C. Hartneck head of the "Buchbinderzunft" in Stuttgart. In a leather edged slipcase by J.P.W.
Classification
Department