- Sl. foxed copy; hinges weak; old owner's entries on upper pastedown, first blank and title-p. Backstrip dam.; vellum sl. soiled.
= Rare edition. Cf. Zaunmuller p.164 (listing the eds. Heidelberg, 1604 and Oxford, 1811).
- Some old underlining; a contemp. owner's entry on title-p. 2nd vol. (dated "1642").
= Willems 508; Schweiger p.912. "Les Elzeviers ont donné trois éditions de Sénèque, en 1640, 1649 et 1659. L'édition de 1640 (...) est la plus belle et la plus recherchée." (Willems).
- Lacks final endpaper. Extremities sl. worn. = Schweiger p.941.
AND 1 vol. only of P. OVIDIUS NASO, Al de werken. Dutch transl. A. Valentyn (Leyden, 1678, 1 vol. (of 3), engr. frontisp., later paper over contemp. vellum, 12mo. Lacks letterpress title-p.).
- Partly (sl.) yellowed/ browned; some foxing. Vellum sl. darkened; upper joint splitting.
= With portraits of Greek philosophers and poets, i.a. Thales, Solon, Socrates, Xenophon, Euclides, Plato, Aristoteles, Zeno, Pythagoras, Empedocles, Epicurus, Homerus, Aeschylus and Sappho.
- Owner's entry on first blank. Fine copy.
= Geerebaert CXXXVIII/ 11A: "Het Nederl. alleen. Is blijkens het voorbericht eenige maanden jonger dan de Lat.-Nederl. uitgaaf van hetzelfde jaar".
- Htitle strengthened in inner margin; fore-edge partly sl. inkstained. Good copy.
= Also includes P. SYRUS' Sententiae (an alphabetical collection of moral maxims, 11p.). Schweiger p.1068.
Statius, P.P. Sylvarum Lib. V. Thebaidos Lib. XII. Achilleidos Lib. II. Ed. J. Veenhusen. Leyden, Ex Officina Hackiana, 1671, (30),882,(30)p., engr. title, woodcut printer's mark, contemp. vellum.
- Bookplate ("Richard T. Pennefather") on upper pastedown; upper hinge weak (first free endpaper loosening). Top of spine dam.; 1 corner showing.
= Schweiger p.965: "Saubrer Abdr. des Gronovsch. Textes; mit guten Auszügen aus den Anmerkgg. früherer Erklärer, auch aus Gronov.'s diatribe. Ziemlich seltene Ausg."
- Libr. stamp on title-p. Upper joint starting.
= Schweiger II, p.1100: "Burmann's eigene Ausstattungen sind von grossem Werthe".
- Without the prize. Sl. foxed/ browned throughout; owners' entries and bookplate on upper endpaper. Backstrip and covers (partly) darkened.
= Spoelder 5.
- Contents fine. Some stains on frontcover; scratch on backcover. = Schweiger II, p.1180; Dibdin II, p.561.
- Partly wormholed in lower margin; new endpapers; a few plates w. waterstain in outer margin.
= Schweiger III, 1213.