Pervigilium Veneris, Ex Editione Petri Pithoei, Cum Ejus & Justi Lipsii Notis Cum Notis Cl. Salmasii Et Pet. Scriverii. Accessit Ad Haec Andr. Rivini Commentarius. Hague, Henricus Scheurleer,.
Bound in original full calf neatly rebacked. A clean well-preserved example. When rebacking this item, four small squares of manuscript, which had been used as lining, became loose, and I have preserved them in the back of the book, as they have been used in the past and may have some connection with the history of the book.
£200.00
Publisher
Hagae Comitum Henricus Scheurleer,,
Date
1712..
Item Description
Small. 8vo. xvi + 208pp. + [16 pp.] Title and first page of dedication printed in red and black.
Notes
The most scholarly 18th century edition, edited by Jean le Clerc. The Pervigilium Veneris is an anonymous poem of 93 trochaic verses, written some time between the 2nd and 5th centuries A.D. The poem combines material for a hymn to Venus, with a description of Spring and an explanation of why the festival (set in Sicily) is appropriate at the time (see: O.C.D.). The work ends with Ausonius' Cupido Cruci Adfixus.
[Stock No. 18786]
Subjects
18th Century • Ancient • Classical • Classics • Latin • Literature • Poetry