Catullus, et in eum commentarius M. Antonii Mureti
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Type of record: Book
Title: Catullus, et in eum commentarius M. Antonii Mureti
Other titles: Catvllus et in evm commentarivs M. Antonii Mvreti; Tibvllvs M. Antonii Mvretti in eum scholia; Sex. Propertivs M. Antonii Mvretti in eum scholia
Classmark: Strong Room for. 8vo 1558 CAT
Creator(s): Catullus, Gaius Valerius
Additional creator(s): Tibullus (Other); Propertius, Sextus (Other); Muret, Marc-Antoine (1526-1585) (Other); Manuzio, Paolo (1512-1574) (Other)
Publisher: Apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi F. M. D
Publication city: Venetiis
Date(s): 1558
Language: Latin
Size and medium: 3 volumes in 1 (147 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 57 1 unnumbered page, 4 preliminary leaves, 3-93 pages, 3 unnumbered l)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/283261
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001698019705181
Description
Printer's device on each title page.
Signatures: A-S⁸, T⁴, a-g⁸, h², A¹⁰, B-M⁸ (final leaf blank.).
The second and third works have title pages as follows: Tibullus. M. Antonii Mureti in eum scholia, ad Torquatum Bembum Petri F. [printer's device] Venetiis, apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi F. M. D. LVIII. [and] Sex. Propertius M. Antonii Mureti in eum scholia, ad Franciscum Gonzabam Ferdinandi F. [printer's device] Venetiis, apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi F. M. D. LVIII.
Spaces with capital guide letters left for capitals.
The commentary and prefaces are by Marc Antoine Muret. The preface to Catullus, repeated from the 1554 edition, is addressed to Bernardo Lauredano in which Muret announces that it was his first literary production since coming to Italy. The preface to Tibullus is addressed to Torquato Bembo, Pietro Bembo's son and is dated May 1558. The preface to Propertius is addressed to Francisco Gonzaga, son of Federigo Gonzaga and dated August, 1558.
Third Aldine edition.
Italic type.
Renouard, p. 174, 11.
Catvllus et in evm commentarivs M. Antonii Mvreti.
Additional description
The Catullus is scored with MS. notes. The Aldus anchor device is cut out of the title-page to Propertius
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