Pub. Papinius Statius. Denuo ac Serio emendatus. Guiljelmum Ianss: Caesium. [Amsterdam].>>Dramatic and significant classical poetry in miniature<< 1624.356 printed pages. Engraved title page. Woodcut tail pieces and historiated initial. Ink inscription on both side of blank after front endpapers, dated 1723. Provenance: P. Wright. Final leaves browned and very slightly torn at margins. 58 x 104 mm. Contemporary full vellum; with title inscribed contemporaneously along spine. Original ties lacking. Spine darkened heavily patinated and starting to bow a little. Statius' Silvae consisted of 32 poems