[Epigrams] M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammata. 1701

Paraphrasi et notis variorum selectissimis, ad usum serentissimi Delphini interpretatus est Vincentius Collesso S.J. Numismatibus, historias atque ritus illustrantibus, exornavit Lud. Smids, M.D. Amsteleadami, apud G. Gallet, 1701

8vo. private gilt stamped binding and spine with title, marbled endpapers with var. ex-libri, gilt page edges, (32),600,56,142 pp. incl. 22 full-p. copper engr. Very fine copy. In the first century CE, Marcus Valerius Martialis gave the epigram its current meaning. The epigram is a concise, sharp and funny (mainly by using puns) poem that ends in a suprising fashion, the 'point'.