Details
CAPELLA, MARTIANUS [MINNEUS FELIX]. De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii [edited by Franciscus Vitalis Bodianus]. Vicenza: Henricus de Sancto Ursio, Zenus, 1499. 124 leaves, 37 lines and headline, roman letter, device at end. Folio, 285 x 199 mm. (11 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.), 18th-century calf, rebacked; title slightly soiled, short wormtrack in outer margin of first ten leaves, some early and faint marginalia on a few leaves, minor staining. FIRST EDITION. BMC VII, 1048; Hain 4370; Stillwell Science 77; Goff C117; Honeyman II, 581.
Completed about 470, this encyclopaedia of the liberal arts written in the form of an allegory in prose and verse became widely used in the Middle Ages. The seventh book relates to arithmetic, the eighth to astronomy and the ninth to music.
Completed about 470, this encyclopaedia of the liberal arts written in the form of an allegory in prose and verse became widely used in the Middle Ages. The seventh book relates to arithmetic, the eighth to astronomy and the ninth to music.
Provenance
Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace, Purchased, December, 1881 by Bernard Quaritch, bookplate; James E. Matthew, bookplate.