farfel_n06_049_426

426
Andrew Stewart
Helpringham, England
Jan '95
10L = $15.30

Tibullus, Albius (c 54 5 - 19 BC)
Elagiae (with the commentary fo Bernardiorus Veronensis) -
C. Valerii Catulli Carmina, (with the commentary of
Antonius Parthenius) - Sexti Propertii Elegiae (with th e
commentary of Philippus Beroaldus)
Venice: Simon Bevilaquia, 26 June 1493 f^0 pii
Ref: Goff T-373 HC 4764 Oates 2093 Pr 5382 BMC V 517
Cop: Harv CL, NYPL, C Tex L. LIGER TERTIUS
Ad Cynthia

158 leaves, the last blank. 3^a: 62 lines of commentary surrounding
the text + headline, 249(254)x165mm.
Types: 110 R (P5) text type with 2 forms of separate Q + i with light
stroke. In use 1493-95(1496)
80 R^a (P6^9) comm. + text type with separate Q. In use
1493 + 94.
80 Gk^a coarse irregular type In use 1493 + 4
Capital spaces, with guide letters.
1^b Tibullus 37^a Catullus 77^a Propentius 157^a Colophon
a-c^8 de^6; f-k^8; l-s^8 t-x^6.
Well produced ed. of the works of the 3 major elegiac poets.
propertius, Sextus (c 50 BC - after 16 BC.)
Catullus, Gaius Valerius (c 84 - c 54 BC.)
Elegy - in Greek + Latin literature, any poem written in elegiacs
ie. in alternate lines of hexameter + pentameter. In antiquity
the elegiac meter was considered the primary metre of lament.

Book III is not earlier then 23 B.C. Of the 25 elegias in
Book II, for fewer celebrate Cynthia: 3 of them are tributes
to other friendships, + 3 treat matters of national moment.
(her death occured about 18 BC)
-really hostia
Book I 22 elegies - 20 given to Cynthia
II 34 " -31 " " "
IV 11 " - Cynthia reappears in 2.