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Daniel Heinsius Poematum editio nova WITH Herodes 1621

Heinsius, Daniel (1580-1655)

Literature poetry 1621 | Daniel Heinsius, Poematum, editio nova. Accedunt (…) Lugduni batavorum, Sumptibus Elzevoriorum et Iohannis Mairii 1621, BOUND WITH Idem, Herodes infanticida, Tragoedia, Lugdunum Batavorum = Leiden, Ex officina Elzeviriana = Elzevier 1632. Three parts in one cont. vellum binding. Good copy.

Name: Literature poetry 1621 | Daniel Heinsius, Poematum, editio nova. Accedunt (...) Lugduni batavorum, Sumptibus Elzevoriorum et Iohannis Mairii 1621, BOUND WITH Idem, Herodes infanticida, Tragoedia, Lugdunum Batavorum = Leiden, Ex officina Elzeviriana = Elzevier 1632. Three parts in one cont. vellum binding. Good copy.
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Three parts in one contemporary parchment binding. In good condition. Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655) Dutch philologist and professor at Leyden, but also a poet in both Latin and in Greek. 8º Octavo edition. Text in Latin and Greek.

Full contemporary vellum binding, overlapping edges, octavo edition, Titlepage a bit loose at the bottom, therefore visible as fortification of the spine: some parchment manuscript maculatur, binder’s waste, recycled manuscript fragments. Elsevier’s woodcut printer’s mark on the title, depicting an old man standing in the shade of a vine-entwined elmtree, symbolising the symbiotic relationship between scholar and publisher. The motto is: ‘Non solus’.

1) Poematum, editio nova, Accedunt praeter alia Libri, De Contemptu Mortis antehac una non editi, Elzevier et Johannes Maire 1621, 8º: this part not in STCN.

2) De Contemptu Mortis Lib iv, ad Nobilissimum Amplissimum virum Ianum Rutgersium, Lugdunum Batavorum Elzeviriana 1621. Including Platonis Locus ex Phaedone de vita secundum mentem (…), two column text with left Greek and right Latin. Colofon: Izaaci Elzeviri (Isaac Elzevier).

2) Herodes infanticida, 1632, 7 sheets, Collation: A-G^8.First edition of Heinsius’attempt as a dramatic author. The play was severly criticized by J. L. G. de Balzac in Discours sur une tragédie de M. Heinsius, intitulé: Herodes infanticida, published 1636.

Provenance: With stamp on the titlepage of ‘A.O.’ and ‘D. de Lange, Gand’.

First Elzevir edition of the poems of Daniel Heinsius including his didactic epic Decontemptu mortis, on facing death with courage. Heinsius’ Decontemptu mortis was first published in quarto in the same year and is here included among his poems for the first time. In four books and over two thousand lines of hexameter, Decontemptu mortis mingles Classical and Christian thought on the subject of death, from Plato’s philosophy in the first book to Christ’s victory over death and the martyrs freed.

[NL] Voorin de Poemata een opdracht aan Van der Mylen en enkele regels betreffende correcties van de tekst van De contemptu mortis. In 1621 was ook bij Elsevier een editie van De contemptu mortis in quarto formaat verschenen. Het gedicht was heel populair en werd door J. van Zevecote vertaald in 1625. Op p. 264 de gravure van het Griekse borstbeeld (Homerus) dat ook al eerder was gebruikt door Orlers/Maire. Het in dit exemplaar bijgebonden werk Herodes wordt, na een tussentitel (p. 75) gevolgd door enkele gedichten Poematia, ook door Daniel Heinsius.

SKU: 110450

€ 1.035,50 (€ 950,00 ex. btw)

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