M. Val. Martialis Ex Mufeo Petri Scriveri.

Amstelodami: Typis Ludovuci Elzevirii.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1650. Engraved frontis.; Hars leather, front cover held by cords. A nice little book. Most of his life was passed in Leiden, but in 1650 he became blind, and the last years of his life were spent in his sons house at Oudewater, where he died in 1660. He is best known as a scholar by his notes on Martial. First edition of the works of Martial edited by Scriverius. Original edition of Scriverius' commentary on 'De spectaculis' (pp. 1-32) , the epigrams (pp. 33-276) , Xenia (pp. 277-80) , and Apophoreta (pp. 280-3). Original edition of the notes and commentaries of various scholars, collected and edited by Scriverius. MartialBornMarch, between 38 and 41 ADAugusta Bilbilis (now Calatayud, Spain) DiedBetween 102 and 104 ADRomeOccupationAuthorNationalityRomanGenreSatireNotable worksEpigramsMarcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial /'m? ? R? ? L/) (March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman poet from Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of Epigrams, published in Rome between AD 86 and 103, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. In these short, witty poems he cheerfully satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances, and romanticises his provincial upbringing. He wrote a total of 1,561 epigrams, of which 1,235 are in elegiac couplets. Martial has been called the greatest Latin epigrammatist, [1][2] and is considered the creator of the modern epigram. .