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SENECA, Lucius Annaeus (ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.). Tragoediae. Commentary by Gellius Bernardinus Marmita. Venice: Lazarus de Suardis, de Saviliano, 12 December 1492.
Chancery 2o (288 x 195 mm). Collation: a8 b-z6 (a1r title, a1v blank, a2r commentator's dedication to Guillelmus de Rupefortus, a2v preface, a3r text, z6r printer's device, colophon, register, z6v blank). 140 leaves. 60 lines of commentary surrounding text. Types: 4:150G (title), 2:104R (text), 3:81R (commentary). Printer's woodcut device A. 3- and 4-line capital spaces, with printed guide-letters. Later foliation. (a1r remargined and with three small wormholes, stains to f3-4, some pale dampstaining and browning). Modern calf. Provenance: scattered contemporary marginal and interlinear notes.
An early edition of Seneca's nine tragedies, with the extensive commentary by Gellius Bernardinus Marmita, who dedicated his edition to the French chancellor Guillaume de Rupefort. Lazarus de Soardis acted primarily as publisher; the Suetonius is one of a handful of books printed with types owned by him.
HC 14666; BMC V, 491 (IB. 24608); CIBN S-203; Harvard/Walsh 2441; IGI 8909; Pr 5283; Goff S-436.
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An early edition of Seneca's nine tragedies, with the extensive commentary by Gellius Bernardinus Marmita, who dedicated his edition to the French chancellor Guillaume de Rupefort. Lazarus de Soardis acted primarily as publisher; the Suetonius is one of a handful of books printed with types owned by him.
HC 14666; BMC V, 491 (IB. 24608); CIBN S-203; Harvard/Walsh 2441; IGI 8909; Pr 5283; Goff S-436.