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AEDMUSAEUS GRAMMATICUS (ca. 6th century A. D.). [Greek title.] Di Museo, il grammatico, Gli amorosi avvenimenti tra Ero, e Leandro, Tradotti dal Greco or
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MUSAEUS GRAMMATICUS (ca. 6th century A. D.). [Greek title.] Di Museo, il grammatico, Gli amorosi avvenimenti tra Ero, e Leandro, Tradotti dal Greco originale in latino, ed in versi Italiani da Francesco Mazzarella-Farao. Napoli: Pietro Perger, 1787. Octavo. 8], 83, [1], 69, [1,engraving]. 155, [3] pp. Engraved frontispiece, signed "F. La Marra," full-page engraving on k5v. Engraved title-page vignette, vignette engraving on f7r. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and capital letters. Text in Greek and Italian. Contemporary stiff vellum, gilt stamped spine label, edges sprinkled blue. RARE NEOPOLITAN EDITION OF GRAMMATICUS' POEM, HERO AND LEANDER.
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Covers worn at fore-edge, some brown spotting to front cover near fore-edge, spine a bit sunned, text with occasional light creasing, soiling, foxing. Overall a very good copy
- Provenance
Bookplate of "Marchese Gagliardi" on fp. Musaeus' work probably dates from the very early 6th century, as his style and metre are evidently modeled on those of Nonnus. The Aldine edition, which Dibdin thinks is the first, has the distinction of being the first book issued from the press of Aldus and the rarest of the Aldine classics. The present edition is not in Dibdin. The translator, Francesco Mazzarella-Farao (1746-1821) also translated Vergil, Anacreon, Sappho, and others. OCLC lists copies at Berkeley, Gttingen, and the Bibliothque Nationale only.
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