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CLAUDIANUS, Claudius (fl. 395-c. 404). Opera. Edited by Francesco Torresano. Venice: Aldus, March 1523.
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CLAUDIANUS, Claudius (fl. 395-c. 404). Opera. Edited by Francesco Torresano. Venice: Aldus, March 1523.
A finely bound copy of the first and only Aldine edition.
8vo (156 x 94mm). Printer's device [Fletcher 3] on title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letters, pages ruled in red. 18th-century green morocco by Bradel, with his ticket, flat spine, red morocco pastedowns, blue moiré silk endleaves, gilt edges. Provenance: [Pierre Henri Larcher (1726-1812, Hellenist scholar; sale 7 Nov. 1814, lot 1105)] — Walter Hirst (bookplate).
Poet at the court of Emperor Honorius, much of Claudianus' poetry celebrates Honorius, his deeds, ministers and marriage. Claudianus is renowned for his 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.
A finely bound copy of the first and only Aldine edition.
8vo (156 x 94mm). Printer's device [Fletcher 3] on title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letters, pages ruled in red. 18th-century green morocco by Bradel, with his ticket, flat spine, red morocco pastedowns, blue moiré silk endleaves, gilt edges. Provenance: [Pierre Henri Larcher (1726-1812, Hellenist scholar; sale 7 Nov. 1814, lot 1105)] — Walter Hirst (bookplate).
Poet at the court of Emperor Honorius, much of Claudianus' poetry celebrates Honorius, his deeds, ministers and marriage. Claudianus is renowned for his 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: Aldus, March 1523.
A finely bound copy of the first and only Aldine edition.
8vo (156 x 94mm). Printer's device [Fletcher 3] on title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letters, pages ruled in red. 18th-century green morocco by Bradel, with his ticket, flat spine, red morocco pastedowns, blue moiré silk endleaves, gilt edges. Provenance: [Pierre Henri Larcher (1726-1812, Hellenist scholar; sale 7 Nov. 1814, lot 1105)] — Walter Hirst (bookplate).
Poet at the court of Emperor Honorius, much of Claudianus' poetry celebrates Honorius, his deeds, ministers and marriage. Claudianus is renowned for his 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.
A finely bound copy of the first and only Aldine edition.
8vo (156 x 94mm). Printer's device [Fletcher 3] on title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letters, pages ruled in red. 18th-century green morocco by Bradel, with his ticket, flat spine, red morocco pastedowns, blue moiré silk endleaves, gilt edges. Provenance: [Pierre Henri Larcher (1726-1812, Hellenist scholar; sale 7 Nov. 1814, lot 1105)] — Walter Hirst (bookplate).
Poet at the court of Emperor Honorius, much of Claudianus' poetry celebrates Honorius, his deeds, ministers and marriage. Claudianus is renowned for his 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.
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