Marci Valerii Martialis poete venustissimi ac festiuissimi Epigram. libri magna diligentia nuperrime castigati : adiectis doctissimis Commentarijs illustrium virorum Domitij Chalderini atq[ue] Georgij Merulae i[n] quibus græci authores passim citantur : additus est ornatissimus atq[ue] copiosissimus index omnium dictionum scitu dignaru[m] quae in hoc opere co[n]tinent[ur] : accedunt his omnibus co[m]plura adnotame[n]ta, ex Angelo Politiano alijsq[ue] praesta[n]tissimis viris excerpta, ac ipsius Authoris vita ab eruditissimo viro Petro crinito fidelissime collecta : habes prætera candide lector singulis librorum exordijs speciosissimas figuras (quas historias vocant) magna industria prepositas non modicum vniuerso operi orname[n]tum afferentes.

Accession number

PML 197921

Creator

Martial.

Published

[Lyons] : Veneunt hi libri Lugduni vbi nuperrime optimis ac pulcherrimis characteribus excusi, et q[ui] diligentissime repositi fuere i[n] officina honesti viri Romani Morin bibliopole in vico Mercuriali, 1522.

Credit line

Purchased on the Henry S. Morgan Reference Fund, 2018.

Notes

Title in red and black within ornamental border; at foot of title: Cum gratia et Priuilegio.
Colophon: ... Lugduni excusi in edibus Johannis moylin al's de cambray. Sumptu bonesti viri Romani morin bibliopole. Anno a virginis partu millesimo Quingentesimo vigesimo secundo die quarto mensis Aprilis.

Description

[14], clxxxi, [2] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 26 cm (4to)

Provenance

Miguel de Quirós, inscriptions and marginal annotations; Morgan Library & Museum, purhcased on the Henry S. Morgan Reference Fund, April 2018.

Binding

18th-century Spanish stiff vellum.

Classification

Book

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Department

Printed Books