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Aphthonius. Progymnasmata, partim à Rodolpho Agricola, partim à Iohanne Maria Catanaeo, Latinitate donata. Cum scholiis R. Lorichii. Novissima editio, superiorbus emendatior, & concinnior.

With additional engr. title dated 1649. 383 pp, 12 unn. pp. Index, pp. 385-441, 14 pp. Index. 12mo. Later boards with ms. spine title and library shelfmark. – Amsterdam, Ludovicus and Daniel Elzevir, 1655.

Fourth and last Elzevir-Edition of Aphthonius’ „Progymnasmata“. Reissue of the edition published in 1649 using its engraved title. The present copy includes the „Auctarium continens variationem tractationis fabularum, et chreiarum“ (pp. 385–441) and the additional 14-page index, which are missing in some copies. The „Progymnasmata“ is a rhetorical text book with explanatory examples. – Willems 1182. – Clean and beautiful copy in all. – Best.-Nr. 27109