Calderinus, Commentarii in Martialem, Venice, 1474, later binding

Domitius Calderinus

Commentarii in Martialem [edited by Johannes Calphurnius and Antonius Moretus]. Defensio ad Corelium. Venice: Jacobus Rubeus, 13 September 1474

Chancery folio (283 x 193mm.), 167 leaves (of 172), [a-i⁸ k-l⁶; m-y⁸], 50 lines, roman type, gold initials with white vine stem decoration, some early annotations, later marbled boards with modern buckram spine, lacking [a1, 4, 5, e1 and final blank], first leaf defective at foot, some worming affecting text, boards rubbed, modern buckram strips across hinges; sold not subject to return

An early imprint by Jacobus Rubeus. Calderino's commentary on Martial was first printed in Rome in March 1474.

PROVENANCE

John Jebb (1775-1833), bishop of Limerick, armorial bookplate; D.L. Cumming, signature

LITERATURE

ISTC ic00038000 (not listing any copies in Germany)