Cajus Valerius Catullus Et in eum Isaaci Vossii Observationes

pp. [4], 343 (343 misnumbered 327, leaf Vv4 canceled: see ESTC), [31]. Signatures: [π]2 A-2T4 2V4 (-2V4) 2X-2Z4 3A-3B2. Contemporary vellum, final errata leaf present but detached. “V.Z.ag.1713-8˚” and “D.D. II.16” inked on front flyleaf recto. Signature on title leaf.

Apparently a reissue of the Leiden edition of 1684 (Dan. Van Gaesbeeck) to be sold in England, with a new title page giving the London bookseller's name. According to Julia Haig Gaisser, the ‘most important book [i.e., edition of Catullus] of the century.’ It is the first to regard the ‘Salusibuli’ reading (Carmen 17, line 6) as an ‘impostura’, and to dismiss the parallel from Pacuvius as an invention, (wrongly) attributed to Muret.

See A. Freeman, Catullus Carmen 17.6 and Other Mysteries: A Study in Editorial Conflict, Eccentricity, Forgery, and Restitution: with a Checklist of Significant Printed Editions of Catullus in Latin, 1472-2005. London, 2020, pp. 78-79.

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