Marci Annei Lucani Cordubensis poetae Pharsaliae seu belli ciuilis libri
Subtitle: Sulpitiana interpretatione explanati, ianq[ue] denuo longe accuratius reuisi. ...
Contributors: Sulpitius Verulanus, Joannes, 15th cent.; Prüss, Johann, 1447-1510, printer.
Publisher: Opera Ioannis Prüsz chalcographi Argentini
Published: 1509
Place of publication: [Strasbourg]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C. -- Poetry.; Epic poetry, Latin.; Rome -- History -- Civil War, 49-45 B.C. -- Poetry.
Genres: Poetry.
Other titles: Pharsaliae seu belli ciuilis libri
Notes: VD 16 L-2897
Benzing/Muller, Bibl. strasbourgeoise II, p. 20 (no. 70)
Title is followed on t.p. by "Epigramma ad lectorem," 8 verses beginning "Argutos quicunq[ue] optas haurire Poetae / sensus ...," ending "Nam lecto dices doctius esse nihil."
Commentary, by Giovanni Sulpizio (his In Lucani Pharsaliam interpretatio), envelopes the typographically emphasized primary text, mostly from three sides.
Imprint from colophon, p. [423]; there also a complex woodcut device (shield with P/S held up by lions, with other animals).
Signatures: A⁸ B-C⁴ D⁸ E-F⁴ G⁸ H-I⁴ K⁸ L-M⁴ N⁸ O-P⁴ Q⁸ R-S⁴ T⁸ V-X⁴ Y⁸ Z⁴ a⁴ b⁸ c-d⁴ e⁸ f-g⁴ h⁸ i-k⁴ l⁸ m-n⁴ o⁸ p⁴ q⁸.