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Lucian [Luciani Samosatensis] (125-180); Leclerc, Jean [ed.] (1657-1736). Opera. Amsterdam: P & I Blaeu, 1687. Two volumes. First edition. Early full vellum over boards, original hand-titled spine, blind-stamped double fillets to border, center blind-stamped with interlacing ribbon pattern to front and rear boards, speckled edges. Engraved allegorical frontis in vol. I, woodcut printer’s device on title page, woodcut initials and tail-pieces. Text in Latin and Greek, in double column. 8vo. [xxiv], 1060, [18] index; [viii], 46; [iv], 922, [26] index; 55. Corners bumped, vellum lightly soiled, spine title faded on vol. I, boards and text block splayed, margins dampstained.