1522 INCREDIBLE Ausonius Roman Poetry Homer Paris Badius Vellum Manuscript
Decimus Magnus Ausonius was a 4th-century Roman poet who is best known for his poem ‘Mosella’ – a description of the French river the Moselle. This edition of the works of Ausonius was published in Florence in 1517 and includes his most important works such as ‘Epigrams’, ‘Edyllium’, and ‘Periochae’ – a prose summary of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Ausonius’s works provide an account of what daily life was like in Ancient Rome.
This incredibly rare 1522 edition of the works of Ausonius was published in Paris, collected and edited by Francis Sylvius. This particular example is bound in 15th-century handwritten vellum manuscript!
1522 INCREDIBLE Ausonius Roman Poetry Homer Paris Badius Vellum Manuscript
Decimus Magnus Ausonius was a 4th-century Roman poet who is best known for his poem ‘Mosella’ – a description of the French river the Moselle. This edition of the works of Ausonius was published in Florence in 1517 and includes his most important works such as ‘Epigrams’, ‘Edyllium’, and ‘Periochae’ – a prose summary of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Ausonius’s works provide an account of what daily life was like in Ancient Rome.
This incredibly rare 1522 edition of the works of Ausonius was published in Paris, collected and edited by Francis Sylvius. This particular example is bound in 15th-century handwritten vellum manuscript!
Item number: #27461
Price: $1500
AUSONIUS, Decimus Magnus
Griphi Ausoniani enodatio
[Paris: apud Josse Bade] Vaenundatur in aedibus Ascensianis, 1522.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
- [12], LIIII (i.e., 54) leaves
- Signatures: ã6 A-F8 G6
- References: USTC 145526
- Publisher comes from USTC
- Language: Latin
- Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
- Size: ~8in X 5.75in (20cm x 14.5cm)
- VERY RARE and desirable
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Categories
Classical Greco-Roman
Literature
Authors
AUSONIUS, Decimus Magnus
Printing Date
16th Century
Language
Latin
Binding
Vellum
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete