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[Badius imprint - Ghent]

JUVENALIS, Decimus Junius

Juvenalis familiare commentum cum Antonij Mancinelli viri eruditissimi explanatione [ed. Jodocus Badius].

Paris, J. Badius for J. Meganc, J. Waterloose and J. Hore(n)weghe (at Ghent), 7 March 1505 (= 1506 n. st.)

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4to: [6]-ccliii ff. (minor soiling or staining).

Old sheep (worn, edges stained), spine with 3 raised bands (repairs). Good copy.

Very rare important humanist ed. of Juvenal by the Flemish humanist printer in Paris J. Badius (1461-1535), including the commentary by the Italian humanist Mancinelli (1452-1502). This is a unique example of an ed. commissioned from Badius (a native of Ghent!) by 3 Flemish booksellers active in Ghent. Printed in larger (text) and smaller (commentary) gothic type. A few reader's marks.
Ref. Renouard (Badius) II:538:3 = (Imprimeurs) 58. - Pettegree NB 17436. - Moreau I: 124 (1505). - Machiels (Boekdrukkunst Gent) 31. - Adams J-752.
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Contemp. ownership entries and scribbling on title and last page, i.a. “Gabriel Simerel dem(euran)t a Monstier la celle pres de Troyes” (from the Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Montier-la-Celle?, founded 660). - Another entry by a “Maistre Jacques ? a Saint Florentin” (Champagne).

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Lot 824

Juvenalis familiare commentum cum Antonij Mancinelli viri eruditissimi explanatione [ed. Jodocus Badius].

JUVENALIS, Decimus Junius

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