Illustrium poetarum flores per Ottavio Mirandula collecti et in locos communes digesti
Lugduni [i.e., Lyon]: apud Ioannem Tornaesium typogr. regium, 1579. Small 8vo (approx. 4¾" x 3"), pp. 730, [6]; collating: a-z, aa-zz8; title within decorative woodcut border; 19th-century parchment, black morocco label on spine; the text a touch toned, else very good and sound. AI tells us Octavianus Mirandula, also known as Octavianus Fioravanti Mirandula, was a 16th-century anthologist. He is best known for his work "Illustrium Poetarum Flores," a collection of Latin poems from various classical authors. This anthology included selections from Virgil, Ovid, Horace, Lucretius, and Catullus. This edition not in Adams, Mills College Check List, or Riedel-Horatiana. OCLC locates 9 copies, none in North America. Item #70313
Price: $1,500.00
