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FERRERIO, Giovanni (1502-1579). Cicero, Poeta etiam elegans, nedum ineptus fuisse, contra vulgatam Grammatistarum opinionem asseritur. Paris: Michael Vascosanus, 1540. 4° (223 x 159mm). Roman type, occasional Greek. Woodcut criblé and historiated initials. (Some light spotting.) Early 20th-century polished calf, spine lettered in gilt.
This volume testifies to the strong intellectual ties between Scotland and France in the 16th century. It is written by an Italian humanist, who was educated at Paris, where he was befriended by important Scots present at the university, such as Robert Reid, abbot of Kinloss. Reid was keen to institute a humanist programme for his monks in Aberdeenshire and invited Ferrerio to serve as tutor at Kinloss. In the dedicatory letter to William Stewart, Bishop of Aberdeen, in the present work, in which he champions Cicero as a poet, Ferrrerio tells of his visits with Hector and Arthur Boece, John Vaus, William Hay, and others. (See John Durkan, 'Giovanni Ferrerio, humanist: his influence in sixteenth-century Scotland', Religion and humanism, ed. K. Robbins, 1981, pp.181-94.)
HIERONYMUS (Saint). Vitas Patrum. Lyons: Nicolaus Wolff, 28 April 1502. 4° (221 x 151mm). Gothic type, double column, printer's device on title. (Without final blank, dampstained, first and last pages soiled and lightly frayed.) Old calf over thick pasteboard (worn, rebacked), modern calf solander box. Provenance: John Guthrie (inscription dated 1529); David Fotheringham ('ex dono magistri David Fotheringham olim Rector de br-'); Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich (gift inscription in 160[-] to); Charles Lumley. Adams J-144. (2)
This volume testifies to the strong intellectual ties between Scotland and France in the 16th century. It is written by an Italian humanist, who was educated at Paris, where he was befriended by important Scots present at the university, such as Robert Reid, abbot of Kinloss. Reid was keen to institute a humanist programme for his monks in Aberdeenshire and invited Ferrerio to serve as tutor at Kinloss. In the dedicatory letter to William Stewart, Bishop of Aberdeen, in the present work, in which he champions Cicero as a poet, Ferrrerio tells of his visits with Hector and Arthur Boece, John Vaus, William Hay, and others. (See John Durkan, 'Giovanni Ferrerio, humanist: his influence in sixteenth-century Scotland', Religion and humanism, ed. K. Robbins, 1981, pp.181-94.)
HIERONYMUS (Saint). Vitas Patrum. Lyons: Nicolaus Wolff, 28 April 1502. 4° (221 x 151mm). Gothic type, double column, printer's device on title. (Without final blank, dampstained, first and last pages soiled and lightly frayed.) Old calf over thick pasteboard (worn, rebacked), modern calf solander box. Provenance: John Guthrie (inscription dated 1529); David Fotheringham ('ex dono magistri David Fotheringham olim Rector de br-'); Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich (gift inscription in 160[-] to); Charles Lumley. Adams J-144. (2)
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