Horatij Flacci Venusini. Poete lirici Opera
Subtitle: cu[m] quibusdam annotatio[n]ib[us]. Imaginibusq[ue] pulcherrimis. aptisq[ue] ad Odaru[m] concentus & sententias
Contributors: Pomponius Porphyrio, active 3rd century; Mancinelli, Antonio, 1452-approximately 1505; Landino, Cristoforo, 1424-1504; Perotti, Niccolo  , 1430-1480; Gru ninger, Johann, -1532? printer; Pseudo-Acro; Locher, Jacob, 1471-1528
Publisher: Johan[n]is Reinhardi ... Gu rninger
Published: 1498
Place of publication: [Argentina
Language: lat
Subjects: Lyric poetry; Early works to 1800; Latin
Other titles: Horatii Flacci Venusini poetae lirici opera; Poete lirici Opera
Work titles: Works
Notes: Imprint information taken from colophon.

Colophon (leaf LLVII verso): Elaboratum impressum q[ue] ... in celebri: libera: imperiali q[ue] vrbe Argentina. opera & impensis sedulis q[uo]q[ue] laborib[us] Prouidi viri Iohannis Reinhardi cognomento Gu rninger [sic] ciuis eiusde[m] vrbis arge[n]tinensis: q[ua]rto idus Marcij. absolutum vero Anno domini M. cccc. xcviij.

Signatures: [*]œ́ A-Zœ́, AA-IIœ́ KK-LLı́ (LL8 blank), [**]œ́.

Many errors in foliation.

The woodcut illustrations include: 3-part block of an author seated at his desk (on t.-p, repeated 9 times in text with the blocks in various combinations); 8 integral woodcuts (5 blocks, 3 repeated); and 147 ill. assembled from combinations of 2-5 smaller blocks (many repeated).

Woodcut printer's device (Weil p. 98) on LLVII verso.

Leaded text in single column with interlinear gloss, flanked by commentary in double columns.

Initial spaces, with ms. initials in red and blue.

Printed on sheets of "chancery"-size paper.

Includes a prefatory letter and poems by Locher.

"Tabula metrorum" by Niccolo   Perotti: leaves [*]4v-[*]6v.

Includes an abridged version of the commentaries of Pomponius Porphyrio, Pseudo-Acro, Cristoforo Landino and Antonio Mancinelli, edited by Jakob Locher.

First illustrated edition.

Hain-Copinger, 8898

Goff, H461

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy: bibliographic/historical analysis cut from More Books (BPL) laid in.