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[Prize binding - Delft] WETSTEIN, Carolus Antonius Carmina ex Hesiodo, Theocrito, Colutho, Latine reddita. Accedit Sylvarum & elegiarum liber. Leiden, H. Mostert, 8vo: [1-1 bl.-5-1 bl.]-134-[1-1 bl.] pp. (toned, some spotting). Contemp. gold-tooled mottled calf, on covers gilt ornamental border and arms of Delft, gilt flat spine, remains of cloth ties (rubbed, head and tail def., ties partly gone). Good copy. Latin translations of Greek poets by Wetstenius (1742-1797). Ref. STCN. - Spoelder, Delft Prov. Delft prize book with prize awarded in to Marinus Didericus de Bruyn. - Name on front flyleaf. Joined: Relandus, Hadrianus - Galatea, cum aliorum poetarum locis comparata, a Petro Bosscha Herm. Fil. Amsterdam, P. den Hengst & Son, 8vo: [1-1 bl.]-xviii-38-xv-[1]-124-[1-1 bl.] pp. Contemp. gold-tooled vellum, on covers gilt ornamental border, corner pieces and central arms of Amsterdam, gilt flat spine titled in ink, cloth ties (soiled). Annotated ed. of the Galatea (1st of H. Relandus (1676-1718). Engr. title with portrait, by P.H.L. van der Meulen. Ref. Spoelder, Amsterdam (?). Prov. Amsterdam prize book (prize gone). (2 vol.)