Hero, Belopoeeca, Augsburg, 1616, contemporary limp vellum, Goche copy

HERO

Belopoeeca hoc est telifactiva [edited by Bernardino Baldi]. Augsburg: David Franck, 1616

4to (188 x 133mm.), woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut illustrations, parallel text in Greek and Latin, contemporary limp vellum, two pairs of ties, one woodcut shaved

FIRST EDITION. A second copy (see lot 239).

LITERATURE:

VD17 23:255234L

PROVENANCE:

Henricus Gocheus, contemporary inscription on title-page (i.e. Henry Goche, of Trinity College, Cambridge)