Description
Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) Satyrae, commentary by Domizio Calderini, 96 ff., the first blank, 55 lines of commentary surround 25 lines of text, 36 lines in Adversus Brotheum, Roman type, initial spaces, a few wormholes to outer margin at start, diminishing in number as text proceeds, a couple of wormholes to outer margin of last few ff., marginal water-staining, a few small stains elsewhere, occasional spotting, old vellum over new boards, [BMC V, 214; Goff J-642; HC 9688], folio, Venice, Jacobus Rubeus, 24 April, 1475.
⁂ The rare first edition of Juvenal with a commentary. Calderini was an Italian humanist, secretary to Bessarion and later apostolic secretary under Pope Sixtus IV.
Lot 201
Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) Satyrae, first edition with commentary, 1475.
Hammer Price: £4,200
Description
Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) Satyrae, commentary by Domizio Calderini, 96 ff., the first blank, 55 lines of commentary surround 25 lines of text, 36 lines in Adversus Brotheum, Roman type, initial spaces, a few wormholes to outer margin at start, diminishing in number as text proceeds, a couple of wormholes to outer margin of last few ff., marginal water-staining, a few small stains elsewhere, occasional spotting, old vellum over new boards, [BMC V, 214; Goff J-642; HC 9688], folio, Venice, Jacobus Rubeus, 24 April, 1475.
⁂ The rare first edition of Juvenal with a commentary. Calderini was an Italian humanist, secretary to Bessarion and later apostolic secretary under Pope Sixtus IV.