Lot N. 33
Pseudo-Longino
De sublimi libellus
Veronae: ex Typographia Johannis Alberti Tumermani, 1733, [12], XXX, 269, [27] p., [1] c. di tav. (ritratto calcografico del dedicatario, Antonio Litta, inciso da F. Zucchi). In- 4° (270x210 mm).
Dionysiou Longinou Peri hypsous biblion Hellenisti syngraphthen, eis Romaiken, Italiken, kai Galliken phonen metaphrathen, syn scholiois. Dionysii Longini De sublimi libellus graece conscriptus, Latino, Italico, & Gallico sermone redditus, additis adnotationibus. Title page in red and black. Engraving vignette with initials F.Z. on the title page. Engraved initials, friezes and finials. Coeval full parchment binding with gilt title on spine label. Faults: menda on the back and on the foot, spots, peeling. Marbled cuts. Precious Veronese edition with wide margins, in four languages (Greek, Latin, Italian and French), of the famous aesthetic treatise by the pseudo Longinus. The Italian translation is by Anton Francesco Gori, the French by N. Boileau, who had rediscovered the treatise in the seventeenth century, the Latin, by J. Hudson, taken from the Oxford 1710 edition
Dionysiou Longinou Peri hypsous biblion Hellenisti syngraphthen, eis Romaiken, Italiken, kai Galliken phonen metaphrathen, syn scholiois. Dionysii Longini De sublimi libellus graece conscriptus, Latino, Italico, & Gallico sermone redditus, additis adnotationibus. Title page in red and black. Engraving vignette with initials F.Z. on the title page. Engraved initials, friezes and finials. Coeval full parchment binding with gilt title on spine label. Faults: menda on the back and on the foot, spots, peeling. Marbled cuts. Precious Veronese edition with wide margins, in four languages (Greek, Latin, Italian and French), of the famous aesthetic treatise by the pseudo Longinus. The Italian translation is by Anton Francesco Gori, the French by N. Boileau, who had rediscovered the treatise in the seventeenth century, the Latin, by J. Hudson, taken from the Oxford 1710 edition
Library stamp on title page. Bibliography: Cicognara 1062