MARTIAL. Mr. Val. Martialis. Ex Musei Petri Scriverii. Amsterdam : Johannes Janssonius, 1628. - In-24, 107 x 52 : 314 pp. with 1 blank page. Dark brown morocco, boards decorated in the centre with two vertical rows of gilt rosettes and fleurons, framed with a roulette of gilt circles and lozenges between two gilt double fillets and dotted lines, smooth spine decorated with an ornate frame as on the boards, gilt edges (period binding). Rare small edition of the works of the Latin poet Martial, published by the Dutch historian and philologist Petrus Scriverius (1576-1660). It is illustrated with a beautiful engraved title. A very fine copy in a nicely decorated contemporary binding, from the same workshop as lot 106, very well preserved despite a small crack at one hinge .