POEMATA DIDASCALICA Nunc Primum Vel Edita, Vel Collecta, Volume I
Paris: Petrum Aegidium le Mercier, 1749. 1st edition, 1st printing. Leather. 358p. A small hardcover book bound in full leather with gilt decorations on the spine and marbled endpapers. Edges scuffed; tips of spine and corners of boards are worn down. Hairline cracks forming on outer hinges, but the boards remain securely attached. Small piece cut out of title page. Early owner's notation on a front endpaper, and some page corners are creased. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Good, sturdy condition for its age. Item #324139
Volume 1 only (of 3) of the collected didactic poems of Jesuit priest Francois Oudin (1673-1752). The poems are all in Latin. Measures approx. 6.7" x 4"
Price: $100.00