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466
Dr. Eichenberger
Bein WIl Am See
Aug. '97
S.F. 50 = $34.01

(Caius Sollius 430-488
Sidonius, Appolinaris
Epistolae et poemata (carmina) (Edited, with a commentary, by
Joannes Baptista Pius pii) May 4, 1498 f^0
Milan: Uldericus Scinzenzeler, for Hieronymus
de Asula and Johannes de Abbatibus.
Ref: Goff S-494 HC 1287 Pell 910 Polain 282
Pr 6038 BMC VI 773 Oates 2313. Haebler Plate 23 Types 3 + 10
COpy: HEHL, LC, PML, FOlg SL, YUL

A^4; ab^6 c-s^8 Mazarine. 144 leaves 6^a, 57-55 lines of commentary
surrounding text 228x147mm. A col. of 40 lines
39-30l. of text on 8^a measures 220 mm. Printed capitals.
Types: 145 (168) G Greek.
110R (P3) light text types. No hyphen as a rule
In use in + after 1488.
80R (P10) bold text tyep + comm. type, with single
+ separate Qu. In use 1496-1500

This is the 1st dated ed. of Apollinaris Sidonius - letters
+ poems - Bishop fo Clermont in Auvergne. He was the
foremost representative of scholarship in Gaul, in which
part of France the interest in Latin literature survived
longest. For the real nature of the so-called German
conquest his letters are invaluable - He describes
his own literary. Tastes. the luxurious life of the
rich proprietary class. hunting, music, drinking etc.

Having collaborated with Leonardus Pachel from 1477
onwards Scinzenzeler appears to have settled down
to printing on his own account in the course of
1487. His press continued to be active until
the Spring of 1500, when it was taken over by
Joanne Angelus Scinzenzeler.