[Rarebooks] FS: Latin Rhetoricians. Paris: 1599

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Pithou, Francois (ed.). [ANTIQUI RHETORES LATINI]. RUTILLIUS LUPUS, AQUILA ROMANUS, JULIUS RUFINIANUS, DE FIGURIS SENTEMTIARUM & ELOCUTIONIS... Omni ex Codd. Manusc. Emendatiora vel Auctiora... Paris: Ex Officina Plantiniana: Apud Hadrianum Perier. 1599. 4to. (4),382,(16)pp. Index. A very nice copy in orig. vellum, a bit soiled. With the Macclesfield bookplate of "The North Library" and their small embossed stamp on the outer margin of the title.    $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
A collection of 16 ancient Latin authors writing on rhetoric. Although these authors had been printed prior to this date, a new manuscript in the library of Francois Pithou (1543-1621) was edited by him for this important new edition. See Adams R448 (listed under "Rhetores Latini") and BL French STC p. 256 (listed under "Latin Rhetoricians").

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