Live auction - Lot 792

[Bordeaux imprint]

AUSONIUS, Decimus Magnus

Omnia.

Bordeaux, S. Millanges, 1604 [= 1590, re-issued]

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4to, 3 parts in 1 vol.: [418], [52], 28-[2] ff.; 2 pl. (lacking of 1 or 2 pls, foxing, upper margin in the begin. slightly dampstained, some ff. browned, Rr2 torn).

17th-c. overl. vellum, flat spine with red leather label.

"Third edition". The impression and collation correspond to the Bordeaux edition of 1590 but the title-page dated 1604 has been renewed (Brunet mentions this particularity). Works, incl. Ausonius' famous poem "Mosella" describing the Moselle region (and its wine), edited by Élie Vinet. Followed with a commentary of Joseph Scaliger and a "Bordeaux chronicle" by Gabriel de Lurbe in second edition (1st 1589). These two last parts are preceded by a title dated 1590 with Millanges' device. Illustrated with woodcuts in the text and by 2 folding plates (of 3 or 4?), one representing Bordeaux. Simon Millanges published Ausonius' works for the first time in 1580. Ref. Adams A-2286. - Desgraves (Bordeaux) 48-126. - Picot IV:3169 (4 fold. pl.). - Oberlé 16 (3 fold. pl.). - STC French 36. - Index. Aurel. 110.914. - Brunet I:574.

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Lot 792

Omnia.

AUSONIUS, Decimus Magnus

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