Janus Ulitius [Jan van Vliet] - Venatio Novantiqua - Sammelband Jagd in rotem Maroquineinband - rara - 1645

Author: Ulitius, Janus (i.e. Jan van Vliet)

Title:
Iani Vlitii Venatio novantiqua celsissimo Arausionis principi Guilhelmo dicata.

Place / Printer / Year:
Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1645.

Collation / Size etc.:
Collation / Size etc.: 16° (ca.13,5x8cm), with engraved allegorical title leaf. 12 unnumbered leaves, 491(1) pp., 8 unnumbered leaves, red morocco binding with rich gold-tooled spine, spine label, fore-edge gilding and all-round gilt edges

Description:
(Bibliographic references: Willems 597; Copinger 4833). – Rare first edition (Editio princeps) of this important humanistic collection of ancient hunting literature (Cynegetica). Collected and extensively commented by the Dutch philologist and jurist Janus Ulitius (1620–1666). Contains the foundational hunting knowledge poems and didactic poems by Grattius Faliscus and Nemesianus, as well as excerpts from Calpurnius Siculus’ Eclogues. Printed in the famous Elzevir workshop in an elegant, typically small-format Baroque type. The decorative copper-engraved title page shows a finely executed hunting scene. Dedicated to Prince William II of Orange.

Condition:
Unsigned, magnificent master binding of the 18th century - binding somewhat rubbed and a bit bumped, the top cap worn.
Front flyleaf with an old library inventory tag.
Paper slightly browned, very sparsely lightly browned spots.

Overall a well-preserved, beautiful copy of the title sought.

Keywords: hunting, miscellany, hunting lore, natural science, reference work