[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of the Italian trans. of Statius by Cardinal Bentivoglio. Rome: 1729

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Statius, Publius Papinius. LA TEBAIDE DI STAZIO di Selvaggio Porpora. Rome: Giovanni Maria Salvioni. 1729. Lg. 4to. (12" tall). 502pp. Engraved vignette on title and with numerous copper-engraved head-pieces, tail-pieces and large initials, by Hieronymus Rosi. Contemporary vellum, somewhat soiled.    $250.00(trade discount allowed)
The first edition of the Italian translation by Cardinal Cornelio Bentivoglio (d. 1732), who used the pseudonym "Selvaggio Porpora." Gamba #2454 ("Magnifica Edizione").

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