Author: Juvenal.
Title: Mores hominum. The manners of men, described in sixteen satyrs, by Juvenal: as he is published in his most authentick copy, lately printed by command of the King of France. Whereunto is added the invention of seventeen designes in picture: with arguments to the satyrs. As also explanations to the designes in English and Latine. Together with a large comment, clearing the author in every place, wherein he seemed obscure, out of the laws and customes of the Romans, and the Latine and Greek histories. By Sir Robert Stapylton, Knight. Published by authority.
Description: London: printed by R. Hodgkinsonne, in the year 1660. 0. Hardcover. Folio. [20], 270, 277-522, [30]pp. Large-paper copy (?). All pages and plates with very large margins. Numbers 271-276 omitted in paging. Includes index. Text is continuous despite pagination. Contemporary armorial calf, repaired. George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle's copy, with his 'Knight of the Garter' supralibros. With a frontispiece, engraved title-page and 16 plates engraved by Wencelaus Hollar after Johan Danckerts, Francis Barlow and Robert Streater; frontispiece portrait engraved by Pierre Lombart. Most of the plates have old library stamps to the margins of the plates, not affecting the images. Each plate is accompanied by a leaf of descriptive letterpress in Latin verse (translated in the text), not included in the paging. The added illustrated engraved title-page is also accompanied by single leaves of Latin (not included in the collation) and English descriptive letterpress; these leaves are bound in various orders in surviving copies. This copy lacks the portrait and two plates. ESTC R21081; Wing J1280; Pforzheimer 568. A cutting from an old bookseller's catalogue refers to this book as the 'Duke of Buccleuch's copy.' Very Good.

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