LUCANUS, Marcus Annaeus (39-65). Pharsalia . Commentary by Omnibonus Leonicenus and Johannes Sulpitius Verulanus. Venice: Simon Bevilaqua, 31 January 1493. First edition with commentary by Johannes Sulpitius. The reputation of the Pharsalia, written during the reign of Nero and recounting the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great in the previous century, has risen and fallen over the years: in his dedicatory letter, Sulpitius argues for Lucan's greatness to rival Virgil's. Title with lines 4-5 reading ‘ Vincentini in to/tum’ , this typesetting of the title agrees with BMC’s first entry (IB. 23926). HC *10241; GW M18859; BMC V 517; Bod-inc L-163; BSB-Ink L-235; ISTC il00305000; Goff L-305. Super chancery folio (312 x 206mm). 219 leaves (of 220, without last blank). The register on last leaf appears to have been printed separately (a few stains, mostly marginal mildew damage to fore-edge). 19th-century morocco gilt, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: John Darcy (‘Joannis Darse’; 16th-century ownership inscriptions) – J. H. Burn O.R. (book label recording bequest to:) – Rugby School Library (bookplate).
LUCANUS, Marcus Annaeus (39-65). Pharsalia . Commentary by Omnibonus Leonicenus and Johannes Sulpitius Verulanus. Venice: Simon Bevilaqua, 31 January 1493. First edition with commentary by Johannes Sulpitius. The reputation of the Pharsalia, written during the reign of Nero and recounting the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great in the previous century, has risen and fallen over the years: in his dedicatory letter, Sulpitius argues for Lucan's greatness to rival Virgil's. Title with lines 4-5 reading ‘ Vincentini in to/tum’ , this typesetting of the title agrees with BMC’s first entry (IB. 23926). HC *10241; GW M18859; BMC V 517; Bod-inc L-163; BSB-Ink L-235; ISTC il00305000; Goff L-305. Super chancery folio (312 x 206mm). 219 leaves (of 220, without last blank). The register on last leaf appears to have been printed separately (a few stains, mostly marginal mildew damage to fore-edge). 19th-century morocco gilt, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: John Darcy (‘Joannis Darse’; 16th-century ownership inscriptions) – J. H. Burn O.R. (book label recording bequest to:) – Rugby School Library (bookplate).
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