Poetae Christiani.- Sedulius (Caelius) Mirabilium divinorum libri quatuor carmine heroico, collation: [*]⁸ a-c⁸ d⁴ e-i⁸ k¹⁰ aa-dd⁸ ee⁶ ff gg⁸ hh⁶ A-F⁸ G⁴ H-I⁸ K⁴ aaaa??^8.8 bbbb??^10.8 ??cccc^8.8 ??dddd^8.10 ??eeee^4.4, Roman and Greek type (final part with parallel Greek and Latin text), woodcut printers device with partial hand-colouring to [*]8v (showing through recto), initial spaces with guide-letters, later ink foliation and marginalia, lacking ff^1-8, gg^1-3 and final blank, title with obliterated ink inscriptions in upper margin and 2 ownership stamps in lower margin, first quire and a few other ff. working loose, some marginal water-staining (including title), some spotting or mostly light foxing and staining, lightly browned (a few ff. a little heavier), upper hinge split, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, 8vo (189 x 139mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius, [June, 1502 (colophon January, 1501)].

⁂ This forms the second volume of three of Aldus' Christian Poets. Any volume from this series is rare at auction. Sedulius (Latin form of the Irish name Siadhal) was a Christian Poet of the early 5^th century.

Provenance: Medici Palatine Library (ink armorial stamp to lower margin of title); 'MD' (ink stamp to lower margin of title); Bibliothecae Puseianae, L.O. Bigg, April, 1888 (large bookplate with ink ms. insertions to front pastedown).

Literature: Adams P1685 & S849; Ahmanson-Murphy 58 & 58.5; Renouard 39:17; EDIT 16 CNCE 36115.