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JUVENALIS, Decimus Junius

Opus quide(m) divinu(m) [...] nunc autem a uiro bene docto recognitu(m) [...] scribente Ioanne brita(n)nico [...]

Venice
Bartolomeo de Zannis de Portesio
1510, 10 November

€360 - €500

Folio: [6]-126 ff. Woodcut mark on title (showing Bartholomew the Apostle) , ill. with 16 woodcuts, at the beginning of each satire. Text of Juvenal in larger type, commentaries in smaller type, woodcut initials. (occasional staining, single wormholes throughout, wormtrack in final quires with loss of a few letters). Old blind-decorated calf over wood, roll-stamps on covers, gilt titled flat spine, marbled edges (rebacked, rubbed). Good copy

Juvenal Satires with humanist commentaries. The Satires are a vital source for the study of ancient Rome from a number of perspectives. At first glance the 16 Satires could be read as a critique of Rome. Ref. Edit16 39206. - Adams J-753. Prov. Old ownership entry on title with a coat of arms (fading). Mod. bookpl.

Humanism Incunabula Early printing