Petri Godofredi - De Amoribus - 1648
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Petri Godofredi's De Amoribus, a Latin three-book edition printed in 1648 in Leiden by Joannes Maire, bound in contemporary parchment and containing 408 pages in good condition.
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Rare edition of the seventeenth century
PETRI GODOFREDI (Pierre Godefroy) De Amoribus, Libri Tres Lugduni Batavorum (Leida), Ex Officina Joannis Maire, 1648.
Work by the French jurist Pierre Godefroy (Petrus Godofredus), in three books, dedicated to the themes of love from a moral, legal and literary perspective, with references to classical tradition and Humanist treatise literature. A seventeenth-century edition printed in Leiden by the famous printer Joannes Maire.
13.3 x 8 cm; pp. (12), 408.
-Coeval binding in limp parchment with handwritten title on the spine. Frontispiece in red and black with a woodcut printer’s device; historiated initials and ornamented initial capitals. Text in Latin. Complete.
Genuine specimen, in good overall conservation state: browning and scattered foxing, signs of use to the binding, small losses and marginal damp-staining traces, some signs of wear, in some cases it slightly affects the text but not much; solid volume and well preserved overall.
Ideal for collectors of antique books, juridical-humanistic works, and seventeenth-century editions.
Rare edition of the seventeenth century
PETRI GODOFREDI (Pierre Godefroy) De Amoribus, Libri Tres Lugduni Batavorum (Leida), Ex Officina Joannis Maire, 1648.
Work by the French jurist Pierre Godefroy (Petrus Godofredus), in three books, dedicated to the themes of love from a moral, legal and literary perspective, with references to classical tradition and Humanist treatise literature. A seventeenth-century edition printed in Leiden by the famous printer Joannes Maire.
13.3 x 8 cm; pp. (12), 408.
-Coeval binding in limp parchment with handwritten title on the spine. Frontispiece in red and black with a woodcut printer’s device; historiated initials and ornamented initial capitals. Text in Latin. Complete.
Genuine specimen, in good overall conservation state: browning and scattered foxing, signs of use to the binding, small losses and marginal damp-staining traces, some signs of wear, in some cases it slightly affects the text but not much; solid volume and well preserved overall.
Ideal for collectors of antique books, juridical-humanistic works, and seventeenth-century editions.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Erotica, Literature, Philosophy, Poetry
Book title
De Amoribus
Author/ Illustrator
Petri Godofredi
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1648
Height
13.3 cm
Edition
Other edition
Width
8 cm
Language
Latin
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Joannis Maire
Binding/ Material
Vellum
Number of pages
408
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