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POLITIANUS, Angelus (1454-94). Opera. Edited by Alexander Sartius. Venice: Aldus Manutius, July 1498.
Super-chancery 2° (296 x 205mm). Collation: a-p8 q-r10 s-t8 A-I8 K4 L-P8 Q-R10 S8 T10 V6 X-Y10 Z8 &10 aa10 "iterum"aa8 "iterum"bb8 bb-hh8 ii6 kk10 (a1r title, a1v address by Aldus to Marino Sanuto, a2r index, a3r text, K4-L1r blank, X10v blank, kk8v colophon, kk9r register, kk10r "Monodia" on the death of Lorenzo de'Medici, kk10v blank). 452 leaves. 38 lines and headline. Type: 2:114R, 7:114Gk. 2- to 9-line initial spaces with guide-letters. Modern red pigskin with rebus of Wilfred Merton stamped in gilt on cover, bound by Katherine Adams, signed on back turn-in (slight wear at spine edges). Provenance: contemporary verse on title; Domenico Lazzarini (1668-1734, note signed on a2v); Aloysius Zappelli, Rome (booklabel with name crossed through); Wilfred Merton (bookplate); Edward P. Jacobsen (bookplate, in 1901 given to:); Walter Ashburner (1864-1936, armorial device on a3r, gift inscription laid in).
FIRST EDITION of the collected works of Politian. The present copy was previously owned by the Italian poet, Domenico Lazzarini. Known for his attacks on the Jesuits (having been educated by them), Lazzarini composed his best work in poetry, imitating Tuscan models from Dante to Politian. The long note written by him on a3v contests the humanist Bartolommeo Ricci's criticism of the language of Politian and Apuleius and instead praises it for its elegance and eloquence. In a nice rhetorical conceit, given the comparison between Politian and Cicero as incomparable writers of letters, Lazzarini ends his argument with a favorite Ciceronian scansion. Lazzarini has also written a few corrections and annotations in the text. Renouard (17:4) considered "cette rare édition, l'une des plus belles qui soient sorties de l'imprimerie Aldine." HC *13218; BMC V, 559 (IB. 24472-75); Goff P-886; Polain(B) 3233.
Super-chancery 2° (296 x 205mm). Collation: a-p8 q-r10 s-t8 A-I8 K4 L-P8 Q-R10 S8 T10 V6 X-Y10 Z8 &10 aa10 "iterum"aa8 "iterum"bb8 bb-hh8 ii6 kk10 (a1r title, a1v address by Aldus to Marino Sanuto, a2r index, a3r text, K4-L1r blank, X10v blank, kk8v colophon, kk9r register, kk10r "Monodia" on the death of Lorenzo de'Medici, kk10v blank). 452 leaves. 38 lines and headline. Type: 2:114R, 7:114Gk. 2- to 9-line initial spaces with guide-letters. Modern red pigskin with rebus of Wilfred Merton stamped in gilt on cover, bound by Katherine Adams, signed on back turn-in (slight wear at spine edges). Provenance: contemporary verse on title; Domenico Lazzarini (1668-1734, note signed on a2v); Aloysius Zappelli, Rome (booklabel with name crossed through); Wilfred Merton (bookplate); Edward P. Jacobsen (bookplate, in 1901 given to:); Walter Ashburner (1864-1936, armorial device on a3r, gift inscription laid in).
FIRST EDITION of the collected works of Politian. The present copy was previously owned by the Italian poet, Domenico Lazzarini. Known for his attacks on the Jesuits (having been educated by them), Lazzarini composed his best work in poetry, imitating Tuscan models from Dante to Politian. The long note written by him on a3v contests the humanist Bartolommeo Ricci's criticism of the language of Politian and Apuleius and instead praises it for its elegance and eloquence. In a nice rhetorical conceit, given the comparison between Politian and Cicero as incomparable writers of letters, Lazzarini ends his argument with a favorite Ciceronian scansion. Lazzarini has also written a few corrections and annotations in the text. Renouard (17:4) considered "cette rare édition, l'une des plus belles qui soient sorties de l'imprimerie Aldine." HC *13218; BMC V, 559 (IB. 24472-75); Goff P-886; Polain(B) 3233.