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PRISCIANUS

Prisciani grammatici Caesariensis libri omnes [...]

Venice
Aldine Press (Heirs of Aldus the Elder)
1527, May

€400 - €600

4to: [14]-299-[2] ff. Woodcut mark on title and at the end. Printed in italics. Capital spaces with guide-letters. (missing blank P4; some very minor spotting or staining). Old vellum, spine with 3 raised bands titled in ink (spine def.). Excellent copy

Rare Aldine ed. of the works of the Roman grammarian Priscianus. Priscian's work was the standard Latin grammar in schools up to the sixteenth century. It is important for its preservation of numerous fragments from Cato, Varro, and Lucilius, amongst others, which otherwise would have been lost
Ref. Edit16 47512. - Renouard 103-104:2. - Ahmanson-Murphy 243. - Adams P-2113

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