Author: Valerius Maximus: (Thysius, Antonius, ed.:)
Title: Valerius Maximus cum selectis Variorum Observat. et nova resensione a Thysii [...]
Description: Lugd. Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Franciscum Hackium. 1660. 8vo. pp. [xvi], 844, [xxxii]. Engraved title, woodcut initials and endpieces. Occasional very faint spotting. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, fore-edges slightly overlapped, edges sprinkled blue. Vellum a little marked, endpapers a bit dusty, very good. Ownership inscription of W.G. Huygens in gold to ffep. Seven lines of notes in an old hand to rear free endpaper. Variorum edition superintended by Thysius the younger (1603-1665) and published during his time as Librarian of the University of Leiden, a post he held from 1655 until his death. Thysius's tenure fell between those of Daniel Heinsius (1607–1655) and Johannes Fredericus Gronovius (1665–1671). Dibdin II, 522; Schweiger II, 1110.

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