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Censorinus.
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- De die natali [edited by Philippus Beroaldus, with other works by Lucian, Cebes, Epictetus, Plutarch and St Basil]. Bologna: Benedictus Hectoris Faelli, [12 May] 1497
Chancery folio (309 x 208mm.), 38 leaves, 40 lines plus headline, Roman letter, 3- to 7-line initial spaces with printed guides, woodcut printer's device at end, boards covered with a musical manuscript painted black, occasional light staining
Provenance
Thomas Wolphius Junior, doctor of canon law, large armorial device stamped to final verso; Bequeathed to the Bishopric of Cornwall by the Rev. Franke Parker, M.A., Rector of Luffincott, Devon, 1883, bookplate; Truro Cathedral, bookplate
Literature
HC 4847; GW 6471; BMC vi 843; Goff C376
Catalogue Note
De die natali was apparently composed in 238 AD as a birthday present for Censorinus's patron, Quintus Caerellius. It is a treatise on the life of man based on the work of Varro and it makes mention of many Greek philosophers. Censorinus's other known work, De accentibus, is no longer extant.