Sidoni apollinaris poema aureum eiusdem[que] epistolae.
In-folio full burgundy morocco, boards with gold borders, spine with 6 nerves decorated with gold floral irons, titles on three boxes "SIDON. /APOLL. / OPERA ", "MEDIOI 1498 ", "EDITIO / PRINC. ", rubbing and brittleness at the hinges, three gilt edges, counterpane with roulette.
Printed in Milan by Uldéric Scizenzeler May 4, 1498
Second edition and first with the commentary of J.B. Pio, executed at the expense of John Passirano of Asola, who received a privilege from Ludovico Sfoza on November 9, 1497. Printed in Roman characters, one column of 40 lines, notes in margins. Letters, the first twelve rubricated gold and gray.
Bookplate of the bibliophile banker Hans Fürstenberg, and handwritten mention indicating the purchase at the sale of the collection of the Duke of La Vallière
Some handwritten notes in the margins. Fresh interior.
Long considered as the princeps edition, this is in fact the second edition of the texts of the Gallo-Roman prefect of Rome and bishop of Auvergne, renowned throughout history for their great elegance.
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