CLAUDIANUS, Claudius (fl. 395-c. 404). Opera. Edited by Francesco Torresano. Venice: Aldine Press, March 1523. 8° (156 x 94mm.) Italic type. Printer's device [Fletcher 3] on title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letter, pages ruled in red. 18th-century green morocco gilt by Bradel, with his ticket, flat spine, red morocco pastedowns, blue moiré silk endleaves, gilt edges (spine lightly sunned). Provenance: [Pierre Henri Larcher (1726-1812, Hellenist scholar; sale 7 Nov. 1814, lot 1105)] -- Walter Hirst (bookplate; by descent).
A finely bound copy of the first and only Aldine edition. Poet at the court of emperor Honorius, much of Claudianus' poetry celebrates Honorius, his deeds, ministers and marriage. His best known work, however, is the Rape of Proserpine, a retelling of the mythological story of the abduction of Proserpine by Pluto. Adams C-2073; Ahmanson-Murphy 218; Renouard 96.1.
CLAUDIANUS, Claudius (fl. 395-c. 404). Opera. Edited by Francesco Torresano. Venice: Aldine Press, March 1523. 8° (156 x 94mm.) Italic type. Printer's device [Fletcher 3] on title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letter, pages ruled in red. 18th-century green morocco gilt by Bradel, with his ticket, flat spine, red morocco pastedowns, blue moiré silk endleaves, gilt edges (spine lightly sunned). Provenance: [Pierre Henri Larcher (1726-1812, Hellenist scholar; sale 7 Nov. 1814, lot 1105)] -- Walter Hirst (bookplate; by descent).
A finely bound copy of the first and only Aldine edition. Poet at the court of emperor Honorius, much of Claudianus' poetry celebrates Honorius, his deeds, ministers and marriage. His best known work, however, is the Rape of Proserpine, a retelling of the mythological story of the abduction of Proserpine by Pluto. Adams C-2073; Ahmanson-Murphy 218; Renouard 96.1.
![CLAUDIANUS, Claudius (fl. 395-c. 404). Opera. Edited by Francesco Torresano. Venice: Aldine Press, March 1523. 8° (156 x 94mm.) Italic type. Printer's device [Fletcher 3] on title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letter, pages ruled in red. 18th-century green morocco gilt by Bradel, with his ticket, flat spine, red morocco pastedowns, blue moiré silk endleaves, gilt edges (spine lightly sunned). Provenance: [Pierre Henri Larcher (1726-1812, Hellenist scholar; sale 7 Nov. 1814, lot 1105)] -- Walter Hirst (bookplate; by descent).](https://devapim.christies.com/uat/lot-images/5578759/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_06237_0320_000(claudianus_claudius_opera_edited_by_francesco_torresano_venice_aldine092243).jpg?maxwidth=3840)