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PRUDENTIUS, Aurelius Clemens

Aurelius Prudentius Clemens Theodori Pulmanni, Cranenburgii, et Victoris Giselini opera, ex fide decem librorum manuscriptorum, emendatus. Et in eum, eiusdem Victoris Giselini commentarius
Antwerp
Chr. Plantin
1564 (Pt. I: 3 Augustus, Part II: 27 October)
€300 - €400

8vo: 2 parts, 350-[1, 1 bl.] pp., [84] ff. Woodcut mark on title and part-title. (title fore-edge sl. frayed, minor soiling and spotting). Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine, remains of ties (almost loose, endpapers gone). Very good copy

Edition by Theodorus Pulmannus (1512-1581) and Victor Giselinus or Ghyselinck (1543-1591), including ERASMUS' commentary 'In duos hymnos' (part II ff. I1r-L2r). ""Towards the end of his life Prudentius (348-413) retired from public life to become an ascetic, fasting until evening and abstaining entirely from animal food. He decided to devote himself to poetry in the service of religion and the Church"" Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) 2113 and 1250. - BT 478. - Erasmus Online 4649. - Adams P-2186. Prov. A few old interlinear annotations. Old name on title

Humanism