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Zustand: Good. Amsterdam, Jacob Wetstenii, 1747. 4to. (8),+ 51,+ (4) pp. Title printed in red and black with an engraved vignette. A few marginal ink notes probably by Samuel Älf. Some foxing. Well preserved contemporary half vellum with marbled board papers and red edges. Owner?s inscriptions by Samuel Älf on title and by P. A. Sondén on front pastedown. From the library of Bengt Löw, with his signature in pencil. Old handwritten library label on front paste down. Schweiger I, 7. This is a prospect and manifest for his ?Anthologia veterum latinorum epigrammatum et poematum? that was published in Amsterdam 1759-73. The anthology is considered one of the best editions of the so called ?Anthologia latina?, a collection of small anonymous latin poems. The first collected edition of them was edited by Scaliger in 1573. Petrus Burmann the younger (1714-78) was neveu of the older P. Burmann and also his pupil. He became professor at the Atheneum in Amsterdam in history and philology. This is his last publication with the name ?Junioris?, which he therefter changed to ?Secundus?. Hardcover / Hardback.