76/2138 [Bindings]. Schoolprize binding of Delft: contemp. gilt panelled mottled calf w. central gilt coat of arms of DELFT flanked by two rampant lions above cartouche w. letter Ypsilon within gilt double borders w. corner fleurons on both covers, gilt spine w. raised bands, fleurons and red mor. letterpiece, folio. - ON: Seneca, L.A. Opera quae exstant omnia. Ed. J. Lipsius. Antw., B. Moretus for the Officina Plantiniana, 1652, 4th ed., (16),XXXVI,911,(1)p., engr. title-p., 2 plates by C. GALLE after P.P. RUBENS (bust of Seneca; Seneca dying in his bath), woodcut initials, vignettes and ills.

- Without the prize; bookplates on upper pastedown; owner's entry on first free endpaper; sm. hole in (loosening) htitle/ portrait leaf; first ±45 and last ±30 lvs. waterst. in lower (outer) margin. Upper joint splitting.

= Spoelder 4. On the contents: Graesse VI, p.348; Ebert II, 20860; Schweiger p.912: "Gesuchteste Ausg. des Lipsius"; Dibdin II, p.397: "Harwood speaks highly of the magnificence and beauty of the volume, and of the excellent notes of Lipsius: the Bipont editors call it "Edit. rara et nitida"."