MACROBIUS, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius.- Integer nitidus suoque decori a Joanne Rivio restitutus. Cum indicio & amplo & veridico. Venundatur ab Jodoco Badio & Joanne Parvo (impressi Parrhisiis accuratione Ascensiana), ad Kalendas Februarias calculo...
Estimation :
700 - 800 €
Adjudication :
600 €
Description
Romano [1st February] 1515.
Little in-f° : [2]-117-[1 bl.] ff. (waterstains, some various stains, little hole slightly burned on leaf 4, some old ink notes in Latin and underlinings, some modern pencil notes in English).
Contemporary binding : overlapping limp parchment, manuscript title on the board, flat back, manuscript title (spine and endpapers renewed, original boards soiled and used, upper board distorted).
►RARE POST-INCUNABLE, reprint of the Rivius edition printed in Venice for Giunta in 1513. It includes two famous works by the Roman grammarian and Neoplatonist philosopher (4th/5th century) : the commentary on the "Dream of Scipio" and the "Saturnalia".
Fine title with the mark of Jehan Petit within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initials and figures in the text : Arabic astronomers using scientific instruments (sextant and others), curious world map engraved in reverse (one of the earliest showing the Indian subcontinent), diagrams, etc. Old endpaper preserved with a long manuscript note in Latin.
Renouard, Badius, III-53, n° 1;
STC French 295; not in Adams, Machiels.
Provenance :
• Fr. Machabeis [?] (manuscript mention); Jacobus Jultus [...?]
•(idem).
►Rare post-incunable, réimpression de l'édition Rivius (Venise 1513), incluant les commentaires de l'auteur sur le "Songe de Scipion" et les "Saturnalia". Fig. sur bois dans le texte (dos et gardes renouvelés, plats d'origine souillés et us., plat sup. déformé).
Little in-f° : [2]-117-[1 bl.] ff. (waterstains, some various stains, little hole slightly burned on leaf 4, some old ink notes in Latin and underlinings, some modern pencil notes in English).
Contemporary binding : overlapping limp parchment, manuscript title on the board, flat back, manuscript title (spine and endpapers renewed, original boards soiled and used, upper board distorted).
►RARE POST-INCUNABLE, reprint of the Rivius edition printed in Venice for Giunta in 1513. It includes two famous works by the Roman grammarian and Neoplatonist philosopher (4th/5th century) : the commentary on the "Dream of Scipio" and the "Saturnalia".
Fine title with the mark of Jehan Petit within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initials and figures in the text : Arabic astronomers using scientific instruments (sextant and others), curious world map engraved in reverse (one of the earliest showing the Indian subcontinent), diagrams, etc. Old endpaper preserved with a long manuscript note in Latin.
Renouard, Badius, III-53, n° 1;
STC French 295; not in Adams, Machiels.
Provenance :
• Fr. Machabeis [?] (manuscript mention); Jacobus Jultus [...?]
•(idem).
►Rare post-incunable, réimpression de l'édition Rivius (Venise 1513), incluant les commentaires de l'auteur sur le "Songe de Scipion" et les "Saturnalia". Fig. sur bois dans le texte (dos et gardes renouvelés, plats d'origine souillés et us., plat sup. déformé).
