Graesse, IV, 423; Edit 16, n\u00b0 31243; Simon, Bachica, I, 38; not in Adams.<\/i><\/p>\n
A beautifully printed Milanese edition in an interesting contemporary binding.<\/span><\/p>\n The text of the Epigrams is accompanied by commentaries by Italian humanists Domizio Calderini (1446-1478) and Giorgio Merlano di Negro, known as Giorgio Merula (1430-1494) \u2013 of whom Baldassarre Castiglione was a pupil \u2013 first published in 1480 and 1491. This beautiful volume, attractively printed in round letters (two different sizes), was produced by Giovanni Angelo Scinzenzeler, a typographer active in Milan between 1501 and 1526 who worked mainly for the da Legnano brothers, Milanese publishers whose beautiful woodcut angel mark is printed above the title.<\/p>\n “Bacchus inspira Martial plus souvent que les Muses et nous trouvons dans Martial une foule de d\u00e9tails fort int\u00e9ressants sur les diff\u00e9rents vins et sur les m\u0153urs \u00e9pulaires des anciens. Parmi les vin d’Italie, Martial semble avoir affectionn\u00e9 tout particuli\u00e8rement le pr\u00e9cieux Falerne gard\u00e9 jalousement pendant de longues ann\u00e9es dans des bouteilles de verre de petit format, surtout si on le compare aux \u00e9normes amphores o\u00f9 le vin ordinaire \u00e9tait log\u00e9. Mais notre po\u00e8te \u00e9tait surtout friand des vins qui avaient de la bouteille ou de l’amphore, et que les romains d\u00e9signaient non par la date de l’ann\u00e9e de la vendange mais du nom du consul qui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 en fonction cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0. En \u00e9t\u00e9, Martial go\u00fbtait fort le vin rafra\u00eechi gr\u00e2ce aux provisions de neige faites en hiver et il nous donne maints d\u00e9tails sur les ‘Toasts” des romains. Martial comme tout franc-buveur, s’\u00e9l\u00e8ve avec force contre tous les fraudeurs de Rome et de Marseille, pr\u00e9curseur des industriels de B\u00e9ziers” (Simon).<\/p>\n A fine and tall copy with the occasional deckle edge, bound in an interesting Milanese binding of the period. A few old annotations and corrections in ink; minor wormholes, slight stains in the margins of the first few pages, skilful restoration to the binding.<\/p>\n The volume belonged to a collector from Augsburg who inscribed his bookplate in pen on the title page along with the date 1592, and whose name (\u2018Georgii\u2019?) has been scratched out twice. – Other provenance: Joseph von Lassberg from Meersburg (ownership inscription in pen on the front flyleaf). Joseph von Lassberg (1770-1855) was a German antiquary. Having studies law and economics he entered the service of F\u00fcrst F\u00fcrstenberg of Donaueschingen. Upon his retirement to caste Meersburg in 1838 he concentrated his life on his book collection. The important library of over 12000 volumes was sold before his death to the F\u00fcrstlich F\u00fcrstenbergische Hofbibliothek at Donaueschingen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Folio (310 x 206 mm) 158 num. l., 1 nn.l., 1 blank leaf. Fine contemporary Milanese binding of blind-stamped calf (minor worming, ends of spine a bit worn), sides paneled in blind with elaborate knotwork stamping, no ties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":83754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[1243,1267,588,1229],"class_list":{"0":"post-83761","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-16th-century-literature","8":"product_tag-binding","9":"product_tag-gastronomy","10":"product_tag-oenology","11":"pa_auteur-martialis-valerius-2","12":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","14":"first","15":"instock","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Valerius MARTIALIS","chapeau":"","adresse_bibliographique":"Milan, Giovanni Angelo Scinzenzeler pour Giovanni Giacomo da Legnano et ses fr\u00e8res, 1505","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n