Petronius, Satyricon, Amsterdam, 1677, 3 volumes in 2, eighteenth-century French morocco

PETRONIUS ARBITER, TITUS. Satyricon. Amsterdam: [Daniel Elzevier for] Adriaen van Gaasbeeck, 1677 (part 3: 1676)

Louis-Nicolas Lambert de Thorigny (1666-1729) was the son of Nicolas II Lambert de Thorigny (died 1692), Counsellor of Louis XIV and président de la Chambre des Comptes.

3 parts in 2 volumes, 16mo (90 x 46mm). Roman and italic types, 26 lines plus headline. Collation: *²–*⁸ **⁴ A–Aa⁸ A²–A⁸ B–D⁸ A–C⁸ D⁴ E⁸: 270 leaves. Engraved frontispieces, ruled in red throughout.

Binding: Eighteenth-century French red morocco, 3 gilt fillets around sides, in centre arms of Lambert de Thorigny, spine with 4 full bands, compartments richly gilt, marbled pastedowns, edges gilt

Provenance: Louis-Nicolas Lambert de Thorigny (1666-1729), arms on binding — Gabriel Martin, Bibliotheca Lambertina seu Catalogus librorum bibliothecae illustrissimi viri D. D. Nicolai Lambert, Paris, 1730, lot 3056 ("2 vol. in 24. mar.") — Librairie Damascène Morgand, Bulletin mensuel - No. 41, Mai 1897 (Paris 1897), item 29820 — Mortimer Leo Schiff (1877-1931), book label, his sale in these rooms, 6-9 December 1938, lot 1669 — with Davis & Orioli, London — Henri Burton (1896-1971), book label, his sale, Christie’s New York, April 1994, lot 94. Acquisition: Purchased at the preceding sale. References: STCN 861579917