Valerius Flaccus, Argonauticon, Bologna, 1519, later calf-backed boards

Gaius Valerius Flaccus

C. Valerii Flacci commentarii Pio Bononiensi auctore, cum codicis poetae emendatione ex antiquo exemplari Dacico additis libris tribus qui desiderabantur et Orpheo Latino. (Bologna: Girolamo Benedetti, 1 May 1519)

2 parts in one volume, folio (307 x 211mm.), Orpheus bound first, woodcut printer's device beneath colophon, with final blank leaf, later manuscript annotations, a few deckle edges, later calf-backed boards, a few small wormholes, binding somewhat worn

Valerius Flaccus's Argonauticon is accompanied by the commentary of Giovanni Battista Pio. Most of the annotations relate to different readings of the text.

LITERATURE:

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PROVENANCE:

"S.M.", initials stamped at foot of spine; Library of the college of San Vincenzo, Piacenza, inscription at foot of first title; Le Bouquiniste, Turin, bookseller's label on inside front cover; Giorgio Fanan, bookplate