Sale 2468 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 8, 2018

45 45 c (CEBES.) Velsius, Justus. In Cebetis Thebani tabulum commentariorum libri sex. Folding woodcut plate of the Table of Cebes by David Kandel. [43], 441 pages. 4to, 207x151 mm, old limp vellum with thong ties, spine darkened; light dampstain in blank lower margin of opening leaves, several gatherings browned or dampstained, clean tear across the plate, leaves in gathering S out of order. Embossed stamp of the library of Grove City College on title, accession number on next leaf, bookplate and deaccession stamp on front pastedown, and date due slip and card pocket on rear endpapers. Lyon [i. e., Basel: Michael Isingrinus], 1551 [400/600] first edition of a commentary on the Tablet of Cebes, a dialogue attributed to the Greek philosopher Cebes of Thebes interpreting the picture on an ancient tablet as an allegory of the course of human life. The text of the dialogue is included in a Latin translation by Velsius. Hoffmann I, 448; Hollstein XVB, 223 (second state). 44 c CATULLUS, CAIUS VALERIUS; TIBULLUS, ALBIUS; and PROPERTIUS, SEXTUS. Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius. 167 leaves; lacks final blank. 8vo, 149x93 mm, 17th-century mottled vellum boards, spine darkened, covers warped; stain in outer margin of leaf after title, contents otherwise generally clean. Paris: Simon de Colines, 1529 [400/600] first colines edition , based on the 1515 Aldine. Schreiber (Colines) 52.