Sedulius and Prudentius, Carmen paschale, Milan, 1501, modern calf
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Estimate
600 - 800 EUR
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Caelius Sedulius and Aurelius Prudentius Clemens
Sedulii Carmen Paschale. Aurelii Prudentii Poemata. Decretorum distinctione XV. (Milan: Guillaume and Guillaume Le Signerre for Aulo Giano Parrasio and Catelliano Cotta, 1501)
8vo (147 x 96mm.), woodcut initials, modern calf tooled in period style
An uncommon edition of poems by two Christian poets of the early fifth century. Janus Parrhasius obtained a four-year privilege for it on 1 July 1501 from the newly-formed French administration in Milan.
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