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PONTANO (Giovanni Gioviano) ou PONTANUS (Ioannis Iovianus): 1- Ioannis Iovani Pontani amorum libri II. De amore conjugali III.Tumulorum II, qui in superiore aliorum poematon editione desyderabantur. Lyrici I. Eridanorum II. Eclogae duae Coryle, & Quiquennius superioribus quatuor additae. Capurnij Siculi Eclogae VII. Aurelij Nemesiani Eclogae IIII. Explicatio locorum omnium abstrusorum Pontani authore Petro Summontio iuro doctissimo. Index rerum, quae in his Pontani lusibus contineantur. Venetiis, in Aedibus Aldi et Andreae Soceri [Venise, Alde & Soceri], mense februario 1518. 170 f., (2) f. page de titre et verso du dernier feuillet a la marque des Alde, texte en italique. 2- Pontani Opera: Urania, sive de stellis libri quinq; Meteororum liber unus. De hortis Hesperidum libri duo. Lepidina, sive postorales [sic] pompae septem. Item Meliseus, Maeon, Acon. Hendecasyllaborum libri duo. Tumulorum liber unus. Neniae duodecim. Epigrammata duodecim. Quae vero in toto opere habeantur, in indice, que secunda pagina incipit, licet videre. Venetiis, Aldi Manuty & Andrea Soceri [Venise, Alde & Soceri], Mense Augusto, 1533. (8) f., 247 f, (1) f., page de titre et verso du dernier feuillet a la marque des Alde, texte en italique.

2 volumes in-8 (154 x 95 mm), plein maroquin olive a grain long, dos lisses ornes d'un riche decor de resilles en croisillons par compartiment, palette en pied, titres dores, triple filet d'encadrement sur les plats garnis de fleurons d'angles, coupes et chasses ornees, dores sur tranches, dentelle interieure (rel. uniformes, ca 1820). Ensemble, en reliure uniforme, de ces deux volumes complementaires des oeuvres de Giovanni Pontano dans les editions aldines les plus significatives. Natif de Cereto en Ombrie, Giovanni Pontano (1426-1503) entra au service de la dynastie d'Aragon a Naples, mais tomba en disgrace en 1495 pour avoir negocie la paix avec les Francais. Devenu directeur de l'Academie de Naples qui porte son nom, il est l'une des principales figures de l'humanisme italien de la periode. (Cf. P. van Tieghem, 'Litterature latine de la renaissance', p. 63 sq.). 1- Premiere et unique edition aldine du second recueil consacre par les Alde aux oeuvres poetiques de Pontanus, edition donnee et prefacee par Francois d'Asola. Ce recueil renferme quelques-unes des principales poesies de l'humaniste : les 'Timuli' premiere publication d'epigraphes en livre, les 'Lyrici', l' 'Eridanus' souvent rapproche des 'Elegies romaines' de Goethe, ainsi que, le 'De amore conjugali', serie de poemes aux metres varies, vivants et personnels sur les joies et les peines de la vie familiale. " Ce second recueil des poesies de Pontanus est plus rare que le premier, car les Alde n'en ont donne qu'une seule edition " (Brunet). Bien complet des feuillets blancs p. 144 et 165 et les deux derniers feuillets (souscription et ancre aldine). (Adams, P.1864. Brunet, IV, 808. Renouard, 'Alde', p. 85, n°10). 2- Troisieme edition aldine de ce recueil d'oeuvres de Pontanus, qui reprend l'edition de 1513, plus correcte et augmentee. Cette edition contient deux importants traites astronomiques, un poeme georgique sur Naples et la culture des agrumes, les pastorales de Lepidina, un traite sur les tombeaux, etc. Bien complet du feuillet blanc p. 184 et du dernier a l'encre aldine. (Adams, P.1871. Brunet, IV, 807. Renouard, Alde, p.?108, n°6). Superbe exemplaire, tres frais, assez grand de marges, parfaitement relie en maroquin olive.

[SW: Neo latin (Neo-latin), Italie, Poesie, 16e siecle (Impressions du), Imprimeur - Alde - Editions Aldines,]

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[RARE CESENA IMPRINT] - Lactantius Firmianus, Lucius Coelius: Opera, quae extant omnia, videlicet. 1646 Caesenae (Cesena) Ex typographia Nerii

4to. - lxiiij,380 pp. - Contemporary full leather, spine with 5 raised bands, blind-pressed decorations and title. - Fine. - Small hole on back free end-paper, also small wormholes on both endpapers. - Bold ownership signature, in old hand (and then crossed out, also in old hand) on front free endpaper: and another, probably older, on the title-page. - With Neri's large engraved printer's device on title-page, also some engraved head-pieces and end-pieces. - - The Prolegonema include a bibliography ("Lactantii Codicum Mss. et Impressorum Nomina, ..."), as well as a biography ("Vita Lactantii ex Scriptis Ipsius, et Aliorum Authorum Collecta") of Lactantius (ca.240-ca.320). - The collected works consist of: 1. Divinarum Institutionum adversus gentes Libri septem. - 2. Divinarum Institutionum Epitome (in Greek letters) Akefalos. - 3. De Ira Dei Liber unus. - 4. De Opificio Dei, sive Deformatione hominis liber unus. - Finally, there is a 128-page commentary by Ioseph Isaeus Caesenatis. - - Very rare Cesena imprint: OCLC gives only 3 locations (none in the U.S., Canada or Great Britain). - Shelf No.: o/aa 175.

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ARNOBIUS. Arnobii Disputationum adversus gentes libri septem, recogniti & aucti. Ex bibliotheca Theodori Canteri Ultraiectini, cuius etiam notae adiectae sunt. Antwerpen. Ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1582.

8vo. 285,(1 errata, & 2 blank) p. Tasteful modern h.calf. 18 cm - - Belg. Typ. 172; STC Dutch p. 14; Adams A1996; Voet 596 variant A; Sorgeloos 113; not in Brunet.- - Woodcut printer's device on title; red morocco letterpiece on the back; the binder used a broad strip of vellum as spine lining; this strip was probably cut from an old manuscript contract by the original binder. - - Name on title; very small tear near the right lower corner of the title; occasional old ink underlinings on ca. 70 pages; right margin of last 60 pages slightly waterstained, the last gathering however more so. - - This text was edited by Theodorus Canterus (Dirk Canter), 1545-1617. He followed the edition of Gelenius of 1546, who sometimes rewrote the text 'ope ingenii' to make difficult passages intellegible. Canterus inserts some modifications of his own, and returns for readings to the editio princeps of 1542, edited by Faustus Sabaeus. This was a wise policy and a sensible thing to do. Canter's textual and exegetical notes appear as endnotes. See for Canter and his Arnobius edition: History of Scholarship: A Selection of Papers from the Seminar on the History of Scholarship Held Annually at the Warburg Institute, ed. by Christopher Ligota, Jean-Louis Quantin. Oxford University Press, 2006, page 97-100.- - Provenance: the signature on first and last page is probably of a member of the Soissy family, originating from the Champagne.- - Collation: A-S8 (S7 verso: errata, S8 blank). Photographs available on request.

[SW: Arnobius, Disputationes adversus gentes, Dirk Canter, Theodorus Canterus, patristics, Patristik]

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Aeschylus , Dennis Page, ed. Septem Quae Supersunt Tragoedias, Oxford Clarendon Press 1972 ; fester Einband / hard cover
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Original cloth, 335 pp. POS and price marked out on free ep. Boards show lightly bumped corners, with surface crease along spine. No Jacket Hard Cover Good + 8vo

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