Rosarium politicum, sive amoenum sortis humanae theatrum. De Persico in Latinum versun [!], & notis illustratum, a Georgio Gentio.
Amsterdam, Gerbrand Schagen, 1688.
12mo. (22), 372 pp. With engr. t.p. and 12 engr. plates. Contemp. calf with giltstamped red spine label.
€ 1,500.00
Third and final impression of this edition, comprising the Latin part of the first complete translation of Saadi's "Rose Garden" into any western language. Text taken from the Persian-Latin edition of 1651; the annotations are in Latin translation only. The engraved title page still bears the first impression's 1680 date, the charming illustrations were first issued in 1655.
Some browning, otherwise a very good copy.
References
Cf. Brunet V, 24. Schwab 1010.