1522 INCREDIBLE Ausonius Roman Poetry Homer Paris Badius Vellum Manuscript

AUSONIUS, Decimus Magnus

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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!

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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