D. Magni Ausonii Burdigalensis, viri consularis, augustorum praeceptoris, Opera in meliorem ordinem digesta. Recognita sunta Iosepho Scaligero Iulij Caes. F. & infinitis locis emendata. Eiusdem Iosephi Scaligeri Ausoniarum lectionum libri duo, ad Eliam Vinetum Santonem: in quibus castigationum rationes redduntur, & difficiliores loci Ausoniani explicantur.
Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c.310-c.395)
Category
Books
Date
1588
Materials
Place of origin
Heidelberg
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3031601
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 pts. in 1 v. ([16], 318, [2]; 255, [1] p.) ; 8vo. Running number: 5169. Pt. 2 mis-bound before pt. 1. In pt. 1, leaves O7-8 (p. 221-224) wanting; leaf O7 has been replaced with an exact manuscript copy. Leaves *2-6 have been repaired. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "M. Auson. Lect. libri 2" [i.e. catalogue code and note of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. With occasional manuscript marginal annotations in pt. 1. Binding: seventeenth-century sprinkled sheepskin; gold-tooled spine, with remnants of gilt title label. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c.310-c.395) Saint Paulinus of Nola (353-431) Bishop of Nola, author Quintus Aurelius Symmachus (340-402 AD), author Joseph Juste Scaliger (1540-1609), editor Élie Vinet (1509-1587), editor