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m-126^m-128] martialis, marcus valerius
1743
refs. See M-120.
Venice: [Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello], 1 Aug. 1495.
Folio.
collation: a 6 b^d 8 e^z & j6 k 4 .
Woodcut initials.
HC *10824; Go¡ M-312; BMC V 469; Pr 5233; BSB-Ink M-202;
CIBN M-173; Sack, Freiburg, 2359; Sheppard 4313.
COPY
Wanting the blank leaf k4.
Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf; gold-tooled spine,
marbled pastedowns; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on
both covers. Size: 301 ¿ 209 ¿ 29 mm. Sizeofleaf: 297 ¿ 192 mm.
Early marginal and interlinear annotations in red ink, including
corrections to the text, references, also underlining in the text, and
in the commentary. Epigram numbers are supplied in red. Some
running headings and book numbers.
Provenance: Karl Emerich Reviczky, Freiherr von Revisnye
(1737^1793); see Spencer sale catalogue. George John, 2nd Earl
Spencer (1758^1834); cancelled accession number ‘3432’; sale
(1821), lot 204. Purchased for »1. 3. 0; see Books Purchased
(1821), 10, and the annotated sale catalogue.
shelfmark: Auct. O 3.16.
M-127 Martialis, Marcus Valerius
Epigrammata, et al. (comm. Domitius Calderinus and
Georgius Merula).
a1 r [Title-page.]
a1 v Calderinus, Domitius: [Letter addressed to] Johannes
Franciscus Gonzaga. Incipit: ‘[N]on fuissent tot exemplis editi
commentarii nostri . . .’
refs. See M-120.
a1 v
[Calderinus], Domitius: [Verse.] ‘In uolumen dicatum
Laurentio’. [Addressed to Laurentius de’ Medici.] ‘Odisti uigiles
liber lucrernas(!) > Et signum calami seuerioris’; 11 hendecasyllabics.
a1 v Calderinus, Domitius: [Letter addressed to] Laurentius de’
Medici. Incipit: ‘[I]n omni ciuitatis administratione preclare
actum arbitrari . . .’
refs. See M-120.
a2 v ‘Vita Martialis’. Incipit: ‘[M]arcus Valerius Martialis in
Hispania . . .’
refs. See M-120.
v
a2 Plinius Secundus, [Gaius Caecilius]: Epistola [addressed to]
Cornelius Priscus.
refs. Plin. Ep. 3. 21.
a2 v [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentaryon Martialis, Spectacula.]
Incipit:‘ ‘‘[B]arbara pyramidum’’. Hoc primo epigrammate assentatur
Domitiano . . .’
refs. See M-120.
a2 v Martialis, Marcus Valerius: [Spectacula.]
refs. Mart. Sp. 1^28.
a3 r Merula, Georgius: [Commentary on Martialis, Spectacula.]
Incipit: ‘ ‘‘Assiduus iactet nec Babylona labor’’. Non recte exponit
Domitius assiduum laborem . . .’
refs. See M-125.
a6 v Lucidus Phosphorus, M[ ]: ‘Epigramma’. ‘Quisquis amat lepidum
uatem latiasque camoenas > Et uitam et mores noscere quisquis
amat’; 8 elegiac distichs.
refs. See M-120.
a6 v Pincius, Johannes Pyrrhus(?): [Verse addressed to the censor.]
‘Incultum quod erat censor tua tetricae forti > Hoc nuper lima
dente mormordit opus’; 8 elegiac distichs.
b1 r
[Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Martialis,
Epigrammata.] Incipit: ‘ ‘‘[S]pero me secuturum’’. Scribit hoc
nunc ut demum sit editurus . . .’
refs. See M-120.
b1 r Martialis, MarcusValerius: Epigrammata.
refs. Mart.
b1 v Merula, Georgius: [Commentary on Martialis, Epigrammata.]
Incipit:‘‘‘Et pueri nasum rhinocerotis habent’’. Pueriliter de naso
puerorum hoc dictum . . .’
k2 r Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Defensio’ [addressed to] Corelius
Carafa. Incipit:‘[N]on potuimus assequi id quodueltu optabas. . .’
refs. See M-120.
Venice: [Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello], 29 May 1498.
folio.
collation: a 6 b^d 8 e^z & j6 k 4 .
Woodcut initials.
HC10825; Go¡ M-313; BMC V 597; Pr 5634,5244; BSB-Ink M-203;
CIBN M-174; Oates 2055; Rhodes 1174; Sheppard 4319.
COPY
Wanting the blank leaf k 4.
Gatherings a^o, and t are printed with the types of Bevilaqua.
Binding: Eighteenth/nineteenth-century half green morocco;
marbled paper boards, gold-tooled spine, turquoise-edged leaves,
and pastedowns and endleaves dyed pink. Size: 323 ¿ 225 ¿
26 mm. Size of leaf: 315 ¿ 216 mm.
Some early marginal annotations, mainly extracting key words.
Provenance: Leonardus [ ]; inscription, mostly unread under
ultraviolet light, on a1 r : ‘Fratris Leonardi A[ ]ttat[ ] A[ ]
Minorum [ ] ex libris’. Dimitrij Petrovich, Count Boutourlin
(1763^1829); shelfmark no. 600; see Catalogue (1831); purchased
at his sale for »0.17.6: see sale catalogue (1841), lot 865, and Books
Purchased (1842), 29.
shelfmark: Auct. Q 2.8.
M-128 Martialis, Marcus Valerius
Xenia et Apophoreta.
A1 r [Title-page.]
A1 v Honorius Cubitensis, Johannes: ‘Epigramma’ [addressed to
the reader]. ‘Si quis ades lepidum vatem latiasque camoenas >
Noscere qui cupias distichas culta lege’; 16 elegiac distichs.
refs. seeWalther, Initia, 17904.
r
A2 Honorius Cubitensis, Johannes: ‘Vita Martialis’. Incipit:
‘[M]arcus Valerius Martialis in Hispania . . .’ Not the same text
as those ‘Vitae Martialis’ recorded above.
A2 v [Merula], Georgius: [Life and works of Martialis.] ‘De poete
vita etoperibus eius’. Incipit:‘Martialis festiuissimus epigrammaton
scriptor se Hispanum ex vrbe . . .’
A3 v Martialis, Marcus Valerius: Xenia et Apophoreta.
refs. Mart. 13^14.
Leipzig: JacobusThanner, 1 Oct. 1498. 4 o .
collation: A^F 6 .