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M. VAL. MARTIALIS EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI XIIII INTERPRETANTIBUS DOMINO CALDERINO GEORGIO MERULA
by Marco Valerio Marziale
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
VENETIIS: PER GUILIELMUM DE FONTANETO, 1521. Bella edizione illustrata del 1521 della celebre opera Epigrammata scritta da Marco Valerio Marziale il più importante epigrammista. L’indicazione dello stampatore e data di stampa al colophon. Stile gotico e caratteri romani. Testo con commento incorniciato dal commento del letterato umanista Domizio Calderini (Torri del Benaco 1446-Roma1478)amico del Cardinal Breessarione, segretario apostolico in relazione con Poliziano e Lorenzo de Medici, morto di peste a Roma e dell'umanista Giorgio Merula (Alessandria c. 1430-Milano 1494). Testo a doppia colonna e numerazione singola in numeri romani. Bellissimo frontespizio roso e nero entro cornice con elementi floreali stilizzati. Al centro vignetta con disegno di un forte.ì All’interno 16 piccole xilografie finemente incise. Antica firma al frontespizio e antiche note manoscritte nel testo. Collazionato e completo. Copertina in mezza pelle ottocentesca con titolo e decorazioni in oro al dorso in buone condizioni con lievi usure marginali. Legatura in buone condizioni. Pagine in buone condizioni generali con fioriture e lievi gore d’umidità marginali. Parti mancanti al frontespizio. Piccolo segno di tarlo al margine superiore da pag. XXXVI alla fine senza perdita di testo. In folio. Dim. 30x21,5 cm. Pp. (4)+CXXXVI+(1).Beautiful illustrated edition of 1521 of the famous work Epigrammata written by Marco Valerio Marziale. Indication of publisher and date in colophon. Gothic style and roman carachters. Text with comment framed by the letetrate and humanist Domizio Calderini (Torri del Benaco 1446-Roma1478) friend of Cardinal Breessarione, and the letterate Giorgio Merula (Alessandria c. 1430-Milano 1494). Text in double column and single numbering. Inside 16 little woodcuts finely engraved. Antique signature in the title page and different antique handwritten notes in the text Collationed and complete. Half leather cover of 19th century with gilted title in the spine in good conditions lightly worn in the extremities. Binding in good conditons. Pages in good conditions with foxing and light dump stains in the edges. Lackings in the title page. Little worming in the upepr edge from pag. XXXVI to the end with no loss of text. In folio. Dim. 30x21,5 cm. Pp. (4)+CXXXVI+(1).
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- Sephora di Elena Serru
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19659
- Title
- M. VAL. MARTIALIS EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI XIIII INTERPRETANTIBUS DOMINO CALDERINO GEORGIO MERULA
- Author
- Marco Valerio Marziale
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- PER GUILIELMUM DE FONTANETO
- Place of Publication
- VENETIIS
- Date Published
- 1521
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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