Basel (Basileae), Apud Valentinum Curionem, 1523.
8vo. (XVI),249,(3) p. Early 20th century half vellum 15.5 cm (Ref: VD16 A 4385; Schweiger 2,21: 'nicht ohne krit. Werth'; Fabricius/Ernesti 3,147) (Details: Title with large woodcut borders. Large printer's mark, designed by Hans Holebein, at the end; Holbein worked for Curio from 1521 till 1524. (Heitz/Bernoulli, 'Basler Büchermarken', Strassburg 1895, p. 67, illustration 102)) (Condition: Binding probably early 20th century. Damaged back restored with a strip vellum. Title slightly soiled, and its edges are somewhat thumbed, and its upper margin is somewhat cut short. Name on the title below the imprint. First gathering slightly waterstained. No flyleaves. Paper slightly yellowing) (Note: Decimus Magnus Ausonius of Burdigala (Bordeaux), ca. 310-394, was according to H.J. Rose an example of the senile degeneration of 4th century Latin literature, and the first glimmer heralding the full day of French literature. He wrote trifles, sometimes pretty or clever, often tiresome. (H.J. Rose, 'A History of Latin Literature', London 1967, p. 527/29). H.G. Evelyn White, the editor of the Loeb edition, is even more negative: 'As poetry (...) the great mass of his verse is negligible'. The chief value of Ausonius' work is according to him historical. (Loeb Classical Library, Ausonius, Cambr. Mass., 1919. p. VII) The 'Neue Pauly' is more positive: 'Ausonius repräsentiert eine Kultur der Bewahrung und des Erbes. Allenthalben greift er auf die griech. und lat. Lit. zurück, über die er souverän verfügt, und gestaltet anspielungs- und voraussetzungsreiche pretiöse Gebilde von formalem Raffinement'. (Der Neue Pauly, 2,334) Alexander Souter is in the Oxford Classical Dictionary full of praise: 'His numerous poems, written in various metres (...) are of considerable interest, in both subject-matter and style. There are over a hundred epigrams, some of which are in Greek and others translated from Greek. There are 25 letters. His correspondence with Paulinus of Nola is the most notable part of these. The Ephemeris includes many poems in various metres, dealing with daily life. The Parentalia is a collection of short poems in memory of deceased relatives of the poet. The Commemoratio Professorum Burdigalensium is of interest for the history of education. (...) This account by no means exhausts the list of minor poems, throughout which the author's minute knowledge of Virgil is apparant and his Christian faith is not obtruded. His most important poem is the Mosella which still attracts readers. It is a rhetorically fashioned laudatio in 483 hexameters and describes in considerable detail the various fish to be found in the river as well as some of the fine buildings on the banks and other features, the whole constituting a series of episodes, composed, like the rest of Ausonius' verse, according to rule'. (OCD 2nd ed. p. 154) Not known on which edition this 1523 edition is based. It is not a reissue of the Juntae or Aldus edition, both of 1517. It has after the short biography of Ausonius by Petrus Crinitus, with which it opens, a 10 page 'Scriptorum Ausonii Catalogus'. Follow the Epigrammata, the Eidyllia, among them Mosella, Epistolae, and other minor works; it ends with Ausonius' 'Periochae in omnes Homeri Rhapsodias') (Provenance: Name on the title is partly illegible: 'Galij Milia......, 1692') (Collation: a-q8, r6 (leaf r6 recto blank) (Photographs on request)
(Geneve), Typis Iacobi Stoer, 1588.
16mo. 2 volumes in 1: (XXXII),350;247,(1 blank),(14 indices) p. 18th century calf, back recently and decently restored. 13 cm (Ref: GLN-3290; Schweiger 21; Graesse I,259; Smitskamp p. 118) (Details: Back with 4 raised bands, recently and expertly restored. Morocco shield with gilt lettering in second compartment. Boards with blind triple fillet borders. Elaborately blind tooled rectangles on both boards. Edges of the boards gilt, edges of the bookblock dyed red. Title within woodcut borders, right edge of the title slightly cut short. The second volume has a title of its own, it contains 'Iosephi Scaligeri Iul. Caes. F. Ausonianarum lectionum libri duo', to which have been added notes of A. Turnebus, Hardianus Junius, G. Canter, J. Lipsius & E. Vinetus) (Condition: Endpapers renewed. First title slightly soiled and having a name on it) (Note: Decimus Magnus Ausonius of Burdigala (Bordeaux), ca. 310-394, was according to H.J. Rose an example of the senile degeneration of 4th century Latin literature, and the first glimmer heralding the full day of French literature. He wrote trifles, sometimes pretty or clever, often tiresome. (H.J. Rose, 'A History of Latin Literature', London 1967, p. 527/29). H.G. Evelyn White, the editor of the Loeb edition, is even more negative: 'As poetry (...) the great mass of his verse is negligible'. The chief value of Ausonius' work is according to him historical. (Loeb Classical Library, Ausonius, Cambr. Mass., 1919. p. VII) The 'Neue Pauly' is more positive: 'Ausonius repräsentiert eine Kultur der Bewahrung und des Erbes. Allenthalben greift er auf die griech. und lat. Lit. zurück, über die er souverän verfügt, und gestaltet anspielungs- und voraussetzungsreiche pretiöse Gebilde von formalem Raffinement'. (Der Neue Pauly, 2,334) Alexander Souter is in the Oxford Classical Dictionary full of praise: 'His numerous poems, written in various metres (...) are of considerable interest, in both subject-matter and style. There are over a hundred epigrams, some of which are in Greek and others translated from Greek. There are 25 letters. His correspondence with Paulinus of Nola is the most notable part of these. The Ephemeris includes many poems in various metres, dealing with daily life. The Parentalia is a collection of short poems in memory of deceased relatives of the poet. The Commemoratio Professorum Burdigalensium is of interest for the history of education. (...) This account by no means exhausts the list of minor poems, throughout which the author's minute knowledge of Virgil is apparant and his Christian faith is not obtruded. His most important poem is the Mosella which still attracts readers. It is a rhetorically fashioned laudatio in 483 hexameters and describes in considerable detail the various fish to be found in the river as well as some of the fine buildings on the banks and other features, the whole constituting a series of episodes, composed, like the rest of Ausonius' verse, according to rule'. (OCD 2nd ed. p. 154) The 2 French scholars mentioned on the title, Joseph Juste Scaliger,1540-1609, and Elie Vinet, or Elias Vinetus, 1509-1587, had probably nothing to do with the editing of this new Ausonius edition of 1588. It was produced, according to the very short preface, by the jurist P.B. Cestius I.C, or Petrus Baudoza Cestius, 1557-1627. It is further explained that it is based on the earlier edition of Scaliger, Antwerp 1575, with corrections of typographical errors. Vinetus had published an edition with his commentary in 1580) (Provenance: Name on title: 'Jacobus Levinus'. At the end of volume 1 written: 'John Rocherus, 1794') (Collation: -8 a-y8 (minus blank leaf y8); A-Q8, R4 (minus last blank leaf R4) (Photographs on request)
Amstelredami, Apud Guiljel : Blaeu, 1631, 1 volume in-18 102x60x15 mm environ, 1f. blanc, 221 pages, 1f. non chiffré, 1f. blanc, reliure plein veau havane, dos à 4 nerfs portant titre doré, orné de caissons à fleurons dorés, encadrement des plats d'un double filet doré, tranches jaspées. Coiffes arasées, petits frottements sur le cuir, sinon bon état. Texte en latin
Ausone (Ausonius), de son nom complet Decimus Magnus Ausonius, né en 309/310 à Bazas ou à Bordeaux, mort vers 394/395 dans une villa située entre Langon et La Réole, est un homme politique, homme de lettres et pédagogue gallo-romain de la période du Bas-Empire, proche de l'empereur Gratien ; il fut notamment préfet du prétoire des Gaules en 378. Merci de nous contacter à l'avance si vous souhaitez consulter une référence au sein de notre librairie.
Hildesheim, Olms, 1981.
12,126 p. Pb. 19 cm (Reprint Marburg 1926)
[Société Archéologique de Bordeaux] - Collectif ; Société Archéologique de Bordeaux ; Institut Ausonius ; ARAGUAS, Philippe (dir.) ; VATICAN, Agnès (préf.)
Reference : 51910
(1997)
1 vol. in-4 br., ill. noir et blanc, Société Archéologique de Bordeaux, 2011, 99 pp.
Très bon état pour ce compte-rendu de journées d'études consacrées à Jean-Auguste Brutails (1859-1926), qui fut le directeur des Archives départementales de la Gironde, de 1889 à 1926
London, Curante et imprimente A.J. Valpy, 1823.
3 parts in 2 volumes: XII,1393;164 p. Half calf. 22 cm (Binding somewhat scuffed, and worn at the extremities. Lacking the gilt title shield on the back of the first volume) (Heavy set, may require extra shipping costs)
Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1989.
113 p. Cloth. 19 cm (Introduction, Latin text with parallel German translation, notes)
Impression Nouvelle F. Pech & Cie 23,5 x 28,5 Bordeaux 1917 Trois volumes brochés, 1917-1919. Vol.I. Le texte d'Ausone avant la découverte du manuscrit de l'Ile Barbe. L'édition de 1558 et les premeirs travaux de la critique sur le manuscrit de l'Ile Barbe. XV-202 pp. Vol. II. Le manuscrit de l'Ile Barbe et les travaux de Vinet et de Scaliger. Les Ausonianae lectiones et l'édition lyonnaise de 1575. L'édition bordelaise de 1575 et le Commentarius in Ausonium, 282 pp. Vol. III. Complément au tome II. Exemplaire en excellent état, pages non coupées.(VeiHome43).
Bordeaux, Simon Millanges, (1575-1580).
Première édition des commentaires dElie Vinet. Exemplaire du poète Louis Martel, de Rouen, avec des annotations de sa main. On trouve son ex-libris manuscrit en haut de la page de titre, daté de 1585, et, plus bas, sa devise "Illustra Deus Oculum" qui est l'anagramme de Ludovicus Martellus. Louis Martel était proche des poètes de la Pléïade. On trouve quelques uns de ses vers dans les recueil de poésies de son temps. Par exemple, dans les "Oeuvres poétiques de Remy Belleau" (1578), ou dans le "Discours de la vie de Pierre de Ronsard" (1586). Il est aussi l'éditeur de "Poetae tres elegantissimi" (1582). Il enseignait les Belles-Lettres à Rouen et comptait parmi les "plus savants hommes de son siècle" selon le père Farin dans son "Histoire de la ville de Rouen". Martel possédait une fort belle collection de livres et plusieurs manuscrits médiévaux à la BNF portent son ex-libris. Une partie de sa collection est passée ensuite dans celle de Jean Bigot. Au feuillet Aa1verso, on trouve un distique de sa main, "Qua jacet hoc geminos peperit Lucilla, sed aequa / Secti forte, patri vivens, matri manet alter", au sujet d'un épitaphe d'Ausone sur une certaine Lucille, qui mourut, enfantant deux jumeaux, l'un vivant, l'autre mort. Martel a aussi retranscrit des vers, sur la même page et sur le même sujet, de Petrus Loërius et de Pierre Le Loyer. Notons que les oeuvres et mélanges poétiques" de Pierre Le Loyer (1579) contiennent des "Vers à Pierre Le Loyer" de Louis Martel. Enfin, nous avons repéré 16 notes marginales de sa fine écriture en marge du texte d'Ausone ou du copieux commentaire d'Elie Vinet. Certaines sont en grec. [feuillets : d2 - l2 - n3v -n4r- o1 - Aa1v -Bb4v - Hh3v -Ll1v -Ll2 - Mm4 - Oo1v - Oo2 -Ss2 - Yy4 - Zz2v] Autre ex-libris sur la page de titre, qui a été rogné à la reliure : Antoine de Lam? 1620?. La date de 1575 figure au verso du titre et celle de 1580 à la fin. Illustré par 2 planches dépliantes hors-texte (Palais Tutele et Amphithéâtre de Bordeaux) et une dizaine bois dans le texte, 2 sont à pleine page, dont une belle vue de Bordeaux. Titre en noir et rouge avec la marque de Millange. Exemplaire complet des deux feuillets (A2) qui semblent rares: Martialis Campani medici burdigalensis (...) explicatio philosophica in epigrama decimum Ausoni. » Le saintongeois Elie Vinet (1509-1587) a été lun des plus brillants maitres du Collège de Guyenne. Ce collège était au centre de la vie intellectuelle de Bordeaux et de sa région. Montaigne qui l'a qualifié de « meilleur de France », y entra comme élève en 1539, lannée même où Vinet commença à y professer. « Si aucun texte ne nous renseigne sur les rapports de Vinet avec Michel de Montaigne et Etienne de La Boétie, il est probable quil entretint avec eux des relations, sans quon puisse affirmer qu'il les eut pour élèves au Collège de Guyenne. » [L. Desgraves.] Vinet a été léditeur de plus de 43 éditions différentes douvrages qui pour la plupart, on servi à lenseignement quil dispensait. Cest lui qui encouragea lun de ses collègues, Simon Millanges a fonder une imprimerie qui publia plus de six cents ouvrages dont les « Essais ». Brunet 1, 573 : « Belle édition estimée pour le commentaire. Le texte a été imprimé séparément en 1575 et le commentaire en 1580. » Adams A-2282. Desgraves, Elie Vinet 32. Exemplaire aux armes du marquis de la Grange. Des feuillets brunis. Charnières restaurées. Bel exemplaire. /// In-4 de (396) ff. [titre, aa2, A3, aaa4, ee4, ii4, oo4, uu2, A2, a-z, A-K4, A2, A-Z, Aa-Zz, AAa-Ppp4] Veau brun, armes dorées sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné. (Reliure du XIXe.) //// First edition of Elie Vinet's comments. Copy of the poet Louis Martel, of Rouen, with his hand annotations. There is his handwritten ex libris at the top of the title page, dated 1585, and, below, his motto "Illustra Deus Oculum" which is the anagram of Ludovicus Martellus. Louis Martel was close to the poets of the Pleïade. We find some of his verses in some collectione of poems of the period. For example, in the "Oeuvres poetiques de Remy Belleau" (1578), or in the "Discours de la vie de Pierre de Ronsard" (1586). He is also the editor of "Poetae tres elegantissimi" (1582). He taught literature in Rouen and was among the "most learned men of his century" according to Father Farin in his "Histoire de la ville de Rouen". Martel had a very fine collection of books and several medieval manuscripts at the BNF bear his bookplate. A part of his collection was later passed on to Jean Bigot. On the reverse side of page Aa1, we find a distich in his hand, "Qua jacet hoc geminos peperit Lucilla, sed aequa / Secti forte, patri vivens, matri manet alter", about an epitaph of Ausone on a certain Lucille, who died, giving birth to two twins, one alive, the other dead. Martel also transcribed verses, on the same page and on the same subject, of Petrus Loërius and Pierre Le Loyer. Let us note that the works and poetic mixtures" of Pierre Le Loyer (1579) contain "Vers a Pierre Le Loyer" of Louis Martel. Finally, we have spotted 16 marginal notes in his fine handwriting in the margin of Ausone's text or of Elie Vinet's copious commentary. Some are in Greek. [leaves: d2 - l2 - n3v -n4r- o1 - Aa1v -Bb4v - Hh3v -Ll1v -Ll2 - Mm4 - Oo1v - Oo2 -Ss2 - Yy4 - Zz2v] Another bookplate on the title page, which has been trimmed in the binding: Antoine de Lam? 1620? The date 1575 appears on the verso of the title and 1580 at the end. Illustrated with 2 folding plates (Palais Tutele and Amphitheatre de Bordeaux) and a dozen woodcuts in the text, 2 of which are full-page, including a beautiful view of Bordeaux. Title in black and red with the Millange mark. Copy complete with the two leaves (A2) which seem rare: "Martialis Campani medici burdigalensis (...) explicatio philosophica in epigrama decimum Ausoni." The Saintonian Elie Vinet (1509-1587) was one of the most brilliant masters of the College of Guyenne. This college was at the center of the intellectual life of Bordeaux and its area. Montaigne, who called it "the best in France", entered as a student in 1539, the same year that Vinet began to teach there. "If no text informs us of Vinet's relationship with Michel de Montaigne and Etienne de La Boetie, it is probable that he maintained relations with them, without it being possible to affirm that he had them as students at the College de Guyenne. [L. Desgraves]. Vinet was the editor of more than 43 different editions of works, most of which were used in his teaching. It was he who encouraged one of his colleagues, Simon Millanges, to establish a printing house which published more than six hundred works including the "Essais". Brunet 1, 573 : " Beautiful edition estimated for the commentary. The text was printed separately in 1575 and the commentary in 1580. Adams A-2282. Desgraves, Elie Vinet 32. Copy with the arms of the Marquis de la Grange. Hinges restored. A nice copy.
Ad haec, Symmachi & Pontij Paulini littera ad Ausonium scriptae: tam Ciceronis, Sulpicia, aliorumque quorundam veterum carmina nonnulla,... illustrata per Eliam Vinetum Santonem... apud Simonem Millangium, Burdigalae (Bordeaux), 1580. In-8 gr. (mm. 257x185), 2 parti in 1 volume, p. pelle bazana coeva (con abras.), dorso a cordoni (restaur.) con decoraz. e titolo oro su tassello, tagli rossi, 150; 246 cc.nn.; bella marca tipografica al frontespizio, titolo in rosso e nero, ornato da testate, grandi iniz. e finalini inc. su legno.Le prime 150 cc.nn.: 18 di prefazione e Indice + 132 (stampate separatamente nel 1575) sono di testo. Le restanti 246 cc.nn. contengono il "commento", stampato nel 1580. Si tratta di: "Eliae Vineti Santonis commentarius in Ausonii Burdigalensis Epigrammata" di 244 cc.nn. (incluso l'Errata - datato 1580) + "Martialis Campani Medici Burdigalensis, è latronum manibus divinitus liberati explicatio philosophica in epigramma decimum Ausonii potae Burdigal", 2 cc.nn. (senza data). Il "commento", contiene figure nel testo, anche a p. pagina, e 2 tavole ripieg. f.t. che illustrano il palazzo e l'anfiteatro di Bordeaux.L'opera del poeta latino Ausonio (310-393 d.C.) comprende epigrammi, epitaffi, idilli, lettere, il poemetto la "Mosella". "Edizione originale". Cfr. Adams,I,2282 che non cita le ultime 2 cc.nn. di "commento" - Brunet,I,573: "Belle édition, estimée pour le commentaire" - Graesse,I,259. Esemplare con bruniture, leggerm. corto del marg. super., ma complessivam. in discreto stato di conservazione.
Paris Chez Delalain 1769 Quatre volumes in-16° (157 x 90 mm), LXXXXIV 239 pp. [1] ff. (errata), (8) 299 pp. [2] ff. (table, errata), (4) 375 pp. [2] ff. (table, errata) et XI 343 pp. [2] ff. (table, errata). Reliure de l'époque en plein veau porphyre, dos à la grotesque orné de pièces de titre et de tomaisons, triple filet d'encadrement et fleuron dorés sur les plats, filet sur les coupes, roulette dorée sur les chasses, gardes de papier bleu roi, tranches dorées. (volumes légèrement frottés, petit manque de cuir à une coupe, deux coins légèrement émoussés, traces noires sur les dos, présence de faibles rousseurs éparses). Vignette aux titres, bandeaux. Première édition en langue française des oeuvres d'Ausone, grammairien et poète né à Bordeaux vers 310 et mort vers 395. Aristocrate de l'Antiquité tardive, il célébra le vin de Bordeaux (origine du Château Ausone), et la Moselle sous la forme d'un voyage en vers de Bingen à Trèves. Ausone vécut sous le règne païen de Julien, et celui de Gratien dont il fut le précepteur à Trèves, où il occupe les fonctions de questeur du palais, consul, et proconsul d'Asie. Il suivra l'empereur, lorsqu'il transporta en 381 sa capitale de Trèves à Milan. Étiquette avec inscription manuscrite en sommet des dos. Bel exemplaire tiré sur beau papier.
Amstelodami Joannem Blaev 1671 In-8 de 18ff. nch-892-39ff. (index et tables), veau, dos à nerfs orné, mors faibles, armes sur les plats, coiffe sup. et 3 coins frottés. Reliure de l'époque aux armes de la maison de Bignan.
Très beau faux-titre gravé et impression remarquable de Jean Blaeu.
[C. L F. Panckoucke] - AUSONE ; (AUSONIUS, Decimus Magnus ; CORPET, Etienne-François)
Reference : 63439
(1842)
Traduction nouvelle par E.-F. Corpet, 2 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-basane fauve, C. L F. Panckoucke, Paris, 1842, 440 ; 520 pp.
Le texte latin du poète latin bordelais Ausone (310-395) fait face à la traduction française de Corpet. Bon état (petit manque de cuir en mors, bon exemplaire par ailleurs, d'une belle fraîcheur intérieure).
Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 1994, 195x125mm, XII - 113Seiten, Verlegereinband mit Umschlag. Name des Besitzers, sonst sehr schönes Exemplar.
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Biponti (Zweybrücken), Ex Typographia Societatis 1785, 205x130mm, XXVIII - 354pages, reliure demi-basane. Dorrures au dos passées. Plats papier marbré.
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Statius - Valerius Flaccus - Juvenalis - Martialis - Ausonius - Claudianus - Plautus - Terentius - Seneca - Nemesianus
Reference : 32131
Florentiae, typis Josephi Molini 1829, in-8 relié demi-cuir, dos lisse orné, tranches marbrées, p737p1547; texte en latin sur deux colonnes; bon papier; coins légèrement émoussés - bon état
0. Bordeaux , Société des Bibliophiles de Guyenne, 1986, in-8°, 250 pp, indices, sewn, orig. stiff wrapper. Text in French. Livre en français. Lists 171 editions of his works and 246 manuscripts.
AUSONIUS - SCALIGER - Elie VINET - Justus LIPSIUS ( additional contributors ) :
Reference : 16741
"11. S.l. (Geneva), Typis Iacobi Stoer, 1588, in-16°, 12,2 x 8 cm, title with large woodcut border + (30) + 350pp + (2)(bl). Bound with; SCALIGER Joseph; Scaligeri Ivl. Caes. F. Ausonianarum lectionvm libri duo. Adiectis praeterea, Doctissimorum id genus authorum, Ha-driani Iunij, Guilelmi Canteri, Iusti Lypsij, & Eliae Vineti notis. (Geneva) Iacobus Stoer, 1588, 247 pp + (1)(bl) + (12)(index) +(2)(bl), contemporary vellum, with renewed ties, one endpaper renewed, some clear waterstaining at the end, a few pages with small worming, not affecting the readability, in all a very acceptable copy. These two books are normally found together as the second book contains the commentaries on the first. USTC 451139 ; UB Leiden 755 H26."