Ioannis Ioviani Pontani amorum libri II. e amore coniugali III. Tumulorum II, qui in superiore aliorum poematon editione desyderabantur. Lyrici I. Eridanorum II. Eclogae duae Coryle & Quinquennius superioribus quatuor additae. Calpurnij Siculi Eclogae VII. Aurelij Nemesiani Eclogae IIII. Explicatio locorum omnium abstrusorum Pontani authore Petro Summontio viro doctissimo. Index rerum quae in his Pontani lusibus contineantur.

PONTANO (Giovanni Gioviano)

Published by Venetiis In Aedibus Aldi et Andreae Soceri Mense Febrvario M. D XVIII, 1518

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8vo, 160 x 97 mms., collating a-x8 (x5 blank), y4, 170 + [171, 172] leaves, leaves 89, 91, 93, and 95 misnumbered 97, 99 101, and 103, with Aldine anchor device on title-page, bound in later full calf, gilt border on covers, spine gilt to Greek Key ornament, title in gilt on spine, covers with Aldine anchor device in gilt; top and base of spine slightly defective, but a very good copy. Pontano (1429 - 1503) was unusually prosperous in his career as teacher, scholar, diplomat, and cultural advisor. "In 1461 he married his first wife, Adriana Sassone, who bore him son Lucio and three daughters before her death in 1491. Nothing distinguished Pontano more than the strength of his domestic feeling. He was passionately attached to his wife and children; and, while his friend Beccadelli signed the licentious verses of Hermaphroditus, his own Muse celebrated in liberal but loyal strains the pleasures of conjugal affection, the charm of infancy and the sorrows of a husband and a father in the loss of those he loved" (Wikipedia). Adams, P.1864. Brunet, IV, 808: "Cette seconde partie des poésies de Pontanus est plus rare que la premiére partie, parce que Alde n'en ont donné qu'une seule éedition". Renourd p. 82, n.3. However, OCLC doesn't bear out this claim of rarity, locating over 25 copies, which I assume are real books and not electronic whiz-bangs. Seller Inventory # 8774

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Title: Ioannis Ioviani Pontani amorum libri II. e ...

Publisher: Venetiis In Aedibus Aldi et Andreae Soceri Mense Febrvario M. D XVIII

Publication Date: 1518

Binding: Hardcover

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