1517 ALDINE Martial Epigrams Roman Literature Corruption in Rome Post Incunable

1517 ALDINE Martial Epigrams Roman Literature Corruption in Rome Post Incunable

“I live in a little cell, with a window that won’t even close,

In which Boreas himself would not want to live.”

– Martial, Epigrams

Martial was a 1^st-century Roman poet from Spain most-known for his ‘Epigrams.’ This important, early piece of Roman literature expresses details of life in Rome focusing in on the brutal daily life during the Roman Empire. Martial describes living conditions of Rome, corrupt physicians and senators, cruel treatment of slaves, and secrets and rumors of emperors. Because of the style of Martial’s writing, he is often considered the first insult comic, as he used humor to disguise his disdain for the life with which he was so familiar.

This incredibly rare and valuable 1517 post-incunable edition of Martial was published by the famed Aldine printing house.

Item number: #23624

Price: $1599

MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius

M.V. Martialis epigrammata : in amphitheatrvm Caesaris

Venetiis: In aedibvs Aldi et Andreae Soceri, 1517.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 190 numbered leaves; [4]
• References: curiously not found in USTC
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.25in X 3.5in (16cm x 8.5cm)
• very rare and desirable

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