[Schoolprize bindings] Five titles in six volumes: (1) Ovidius. Metamorphoseon libri XV

Cum annotationiunus posthumis J. Min-ellii, quas magna ex parte supplevit atque emendavit P. Rabus. Amst., "Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios", 1727. (12),621,(9) p. Contemp. boards w. "Latijnsche scholen" in letterpress and the title of the work in manuscr. on front cover, 12mo. Some lvs/ quires sl. loosening and protruding from bookblock. Spine cracked. Finely printed edition, the extensive commentary in a really tiny lettertype, small enough to even allow two columns in this 12mo format, an astonishing achievement. Very rare indication of the purpose of this copy on front cover. -and 4 others in 5 vols., one w. gilt coat of arms of Utrecht on both covers (Spoelder 8 or 9, on a tibullus-edition of 1817), incl. one w. gilt coat of arms of Gouda on both covers (Spoelder 4, on Initia Doctrinae Solidoris, 1796), the other in two vols. both w. gilt-lettered "Praem. Ex Petra B.V. Mariae" on front cover (on Martialis, Epigrammata, 1784). Also incl. a nice primary school prize of "l'École de P. de Raadt", Rott., 1819. With: J. Spoelder, Prijsboeken op de Latijnsce School (2000). All but 1 vol. w. bookplate of Prof. Dr. R.Th. Wentges on first free endpaper.

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