Bibliotheca Graeca et Latina, complectens Auctores fere omnes Graeciae et Latii veteris, quorum opera, vel...
2 p.l., [v]-xxiv, 1 leaf, 390, [13] pp. 8vo, cont. polished half-calf & boards (two corners a bit worn, some foxing), flat spine gilt, red & green leather lettering pieces on spine. Berlin: J.F. Unger, 1794.
The very rare second edition (rarer than the first edition of 1784), enlarged; this celebrated collection became the nucleus of the Spencer library. The catalogue has been printed on fine wove paper with the beautiful types of Germany’s foremost type founder-printer of the period, J.F. Unger.
“In 1790 [Earl Spencer] succeeded in purchasing from the aged owner the extremely choice collection of first editions... More