Fragmentum commentariorum Q. Asconii Pediani in orationes aliquot M. Tullii Ciceronis. Nemo miretur, nemo ferat inique, hac nos forma Asconij commentarios edidisse. Nam animus nobis est, uolente Christo, Ciceronis orationes aliquot à Philippo Melanchthone castigatas illustratasq[ue] scholijs consimili magnitudine post menses non multos publicare.
Quintus Asconius Pedianus (9-76 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1530
Materials
Place of origin
Haguenau
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3031801
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], XXXIX, [1] leaves ; fol. Running number: 5063. Title page imperfect: central section only, containing the title and a portion of the woodcut border; mounted on blank leaf. Leaf E3 heavily damp-stained. Binding: eighteenth-century mottled calf; double and single blind fillet border; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine with circular and dolphin and crown stamps, with gilt title label. Red edges. Comb and swirl-marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Quintus Asconius Pedianus (9-76 BC) Philipp Schwarzerd called Melanchthon (1497-1560), editor