‎Meurs Johannes van, Meursius Johannes (1579-1639)‎
‎Athenae Atticae. Sive, de praecipuis Athenarum antiquitatibus libri III. Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden) apud Commelinos Frattes 1624. 4 f., 184 p., 12 f. - Panathenaea. Sive, de Minervae illo gemino festo, liber singularis. Leiden, Elzevir 1619. 4 f., 48 p. - Cecropia. Sive de Athenarum arce, & ejusdem antiquitatibus, liber singularis. idem 1622. 4 f., 93 p., 7 f. - Eleusinia. Sive, de Cereris Eleusinae sacro, ac festo. Liber singularis. idem 1619. 8 f., 104 p. - Fortuna Attica. Sive, de Athenarum origine, incremento, magnitudine, potentia, gloria, vario statu, decremento, & occasu. Liber singularis. Leiden, apud God. Basson 1622. 4 f., 114 f., 7 f.‎

‎J. van Meurs was professor of Greek and history at Leiden, with extensive studies on Athenean democracy, holidays, history, state, laws and customs."Most authors have agreed in extolling the ingenuity, learning, and merit of Meursius: he excelled particularly in the knowledge of Greek language and antiquities; and applied himself with such indefatigable pains to correct, explain, translate, and publish many works of the ancients.." [Chalmers]. Contemporary full calf rubed binding, four raised bands, coloured edges, printers mark on the title pages, some occasional light spotting.Title page of the first book formerly restored, ex libris stamp. Title vignettes, second title page in red and black. Willems 161, 201, 159. ‎

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