Lucanus, De bello civili; Silius Italicus, De bello Punico, Lyon, 1547-1551, Parisian tan morocco gilt for G.F. Madruzzo

LUCANUS, MARCUS ANNAEUS. M. Annaei Lucani de bello civili libri decem. Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe, 1547 [bound with:]

SILIUS ITALICUS. Silii Italici, poetae clarissimi, De bello Punico libri septemdecim. Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe, 1551

Another volume from Gian Federico Madruzzo's library; for more information on his collection, see lot 1064 (Cicero; another small format Gryphe imprint). Further volumes bound for Madruzzo include Bibliotheca Brookeriana I, 11 October 2023, lot 12 (Berosus), Bibliotheca Brookeriana IV, 18 October 2024, lot 956 (Manuzio), and Bibliotheca Brookeriana V, 10 December 2025, lots 1114 (Herodianus Syrus), 1183 (Prudentius Clemens), 1204 (Silius Italicus), 1210 (Tauler), and 1222 (Titelmans), and lot 305 (Thriveris) in the present sale (formerly lot 1219 in part V).

2 works in one volume, 16mo (122 x 70 mm). (1) Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. Collation: a-s⁸: 144 leaves (last leaf blank). Woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials. (2) Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. Collation: a-z⁸ A-D⁸: 216 leaves. Woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials.

Binding: Contemporary French tan morocco gilt (128 x 81 mm), interlacing painted black over a ground of gilt dots, central gilt cartouche with painted armorial, flat spine with similar painted interlacing and title in gilt in centre, edges gilt and gauffered to a ropework design. (Spine creased, some repairs to ends of joints.)

Provenance: Gian Federico Madruzzo (1531-1586), arms on binding — Jo[hann]es Dominus Perrochius, inscription on title-page — Hubert de Ganay (1922-1974), bookplate, sale, Christie's, Paris, 26 November 2019, lot 86. Acquisition: Purchased at the preceding sale. References: USTC 149739 & 149879; von Gültlingen V: Gryphe 987 & 1203