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CLAUDIANUS, Claudius

Opera. Ed: Thaddaeus Ugoletus
Venetiis
Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino
1495, 6 June
€1.600 - €2.400

4to, [128] ff, 40 lines, no headline, Latin text in Roman type, woodcut initials, with old marginal annotations, marginal damp staining in some lvs. Woodcut printer's mark on last page (cross above a circle, with initials Z.T.). Some foxing, small wormhole at the end. 19th c. half leather binding, corners heavily worn, loss of leather of the spine

Poet at the court of Emperor Honorius, much of Claudianus' poetry celebrates Honorius, his deeds, ministers and marriage. Claudianus is renowned for his Rape of Proserpine, a retelling of the mythological story of the abduction of Proserpine by Pluto. It seems he was a convinced pagan. Complete. Scarce at auction. Ref Goff C703; HC 5372 ; BMC V 529; GW 7061

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