Bod-Inc: M-114

Martialis, Marcus Valerius

Epigrammata (ed. Georgius Merula), et al.

 

Analysis of Content

[a1v] Plinius Secundus, [Gaius Caecilius]: Epistola [addressed to] Cornelius Priscus. Plin. Ep. 3. 21.

[a2r] Martialis, Marcus Valerius: [Spectacula. Edited by Georgius Merula.] Mart. Sp. 1-28. Merula sets out his editorial principles in his letter to Angelus Adrianus (see below); see CTC IV 253.

[a5v] Martialis, Marcus Valerius: [Epigrammata. Edited by Georgius Merula.] Mart.

[s9r] [Merula], Georgius: Epistola [addressed to] Angelus Adrianus [Probus]. Curt Bühler, ‘Some Early Editions of Martial: Giorgio Merula's Letter and the de Spira Martial of c.1470', in Humanisme actif: mélanges d'art et de littérature offerts à Julien Cain, 2 vols (Paris, 1968), II 199-204, at 201-3. On the identity of the dedicatee, Angelus Adrianus, see Bühler, ‘Some Early Editions of Martial', 204, with the reference given there.

[s10v] Zovenzonius, Raphael: Carmen [addressed to] the reader. Botfield 153; B. Ziliotto, Raffaele Zovenzoni, la vita, i carmi, Celebrazioni degli Istriani illustri, 3 (Trieste, 1950), 142 no. 237.

Imprint

Imprint: [Venice]: Vindelinus de Spira, [c.1471]. 4°.

Remarks: For the suggestion of the date see Bühler, ‘Some Early Editions of Martial', 204 (from the time when the dedicatee of the letter is known to have been in Venice). CIBN and Hillard date [c.1472], Sheppard [1471,2].

Collation

Collation: [a–e¹⁰ f¹⁰⁺¹ g–s¹⁰].

References

ISTC: im00297000

Hain: H *10809;

Goff: Goff M‑297;

BMC: BMC V 164;

Proctor: Pr 4055;

Others: BSB‑Ink M‑193; CIBN M‑160; Hillard 1329; Sheppard 3224.

LCN: 14549120

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