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[005246] Senecae, L. Annaei; [Seneca]; Gronovii, Johannis Frederici [Gronovius] (Notes); Gronovius, Jacobi (Ed) Tragoediae Cum Notis [Seneca’s Tragedies]. Amstelodami (Amsterdam): Henrici et Viduae Theodori Boom, 1682. Reprint. 8vo. Hardback. Good. [60], 785pp, [39]. Contemporary full vellum, smooth back divided into six panels by gilt double rules, panels with central tudor rose in gilt, covers with two line border and central device of Amsterdam’s coat of arms

Vellum to foot of spine lightly discoloured and slightly warped, vellum a little soiled, ties absent. Internally lightly browned to page edges, former owner’s armorial book plate to front pastedown (Charles Purton Cooper), with another former owner’s name to ffep (Laetitia Parker – classical scholar), otherwise fairly bright and clean

Engraved title

With the notes of J. F. Gronovius, edited by his son Jacob Gronovius, and published by Henricus and the widow of Theodorus Boom (Johanna Veris, 1648-1712)