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MARTIALIS, MARCUS VALERIUS. 40-103/4.
Epigrammata. Commentary by Domitius Calderinus and Georgius Merula. Venice: Bartholomaeus de Zanis, 13 November 1493.

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MARTIALIS, MARCUS VALERIUS. 40-103/4.

Epigrammata. Commentary by Domitius Calderinus and Georgius Merula. Venice: Bartholomaeus de Zanis, 13 November 1493.
Chancery folio (305 x 212 mm). 159 leaves (of 160, without final blank). 62 lines of commentary surrounding text. Types: 2:80R , 3:106R, 80Gk, 106Gk. White-on-black and black-on-white woodcut initials. in various sizes. Contemporary half calf and wooden boards. Some worming and light staining. Worming to boards, upper cover with wear and small portion of wooden board chipped away.
Provenance: H.C. Hoskier, Nov. 1902 (note on endpaper); Gerald P. Mander (bookplate).

Incunable edition, the Martial is an excellent example of De Zanis's classical Venetian production. A TALL COPY in unsophisticated contemporary binding. BMC V, 432; BSB-Ink. M-201; Goff M-311; GW M21294; HC *10823.

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