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 divided into five books, each book containing a prose preface. The plethora of subjects of the poetry have provided researchers with a wealth of information on Domitian's Rome and Statius' life. Thebaid is a dramatic poem that explores the themes of human ambition, violence, triumph, and catastrophe. It tells the story of the Seven Against Thebes, the battle between the sons of Oedipus for the throne of Thebes - it is believed to have influenced Dante, Chaucer, and possibly Shakespeare.   Nauroy, 96. Welsh, 6507. OCLC,  257550601. WorldCat locates 10 copies worldwide.