Rare renaissance commentaries on Cicero

M. Tullii Ciceronis Familiares epistolae. Expositores vero sunt. Hubertinus Cres. Martinus Phile. Ioan. Bapti. Egnatius. Ioan. Ba. Ascensius. Obseruatores autem. G. Merula Alex. A. Politianus.Venetiis : 1535, Venetiis : per Ioannem de Tridino alias Tacuinum, 1535 die XX Augusti.:[14], CCLXXIX, [1] c. : illustrated. Folio (30 cm), 16th century vellum. Some water staining, one margin with a hole. Repair to the last leaf, with some loss of text.

With an engraved armorial bookplate Ignatius Zanardi, an Italian theologian.


A beautiful printed edition with the commentary of renaissance scholars on the letters of Cicero

Bade, Josse <1462-1535>Egnazio, Giovanni Battista <1478-1553>
Filetico, Martino Merula, Giorgio Poliziano, Angelo <1454-1494>

Ubertino : da Crescentino

The first edition was printed in 1526. No copies in the US, and only a few worldwide (outside Italy). There is a 1537 listed, a 1535 edition by Tridino is not listed. The university of Cambridge does not have a copy upon further inspection. Only the Italian libraries seem to have a fair number of copies.


The top volvelle looked a bit suspect to us first (it is reattached) but we think it is genuine. Where to get a facsimile if the book is that rare?

Have a look at our joint catalogue www.konstantinopel.nl