Ausonius Popma Frisius - Ausonii Popmae Frisii De Differentiis Verborum - 1719-1719

Rare and elegant eighteenth-century edition (Neapoli, 1719) of Ausonius Popma’s celebrated philological and lexicographical treatise (De Differentiis Verborum and De Usu Antiquae Locutionis), published in Naples by the renowned Felice Mosca press at the expense of Bernardino Gessari.
The front endpaper is embellished with an interesting handwritten, autograph ownership note dated 1735 (“Ignatius Librum Cerrutus possidet istum 1735”), accompanied by the Latin motto “Medice cura te ipsum.”
A compact, complete copy. The leaves are sound, with well-preserved original margins and uniform age toning. The parchment bears natural signs of age that attest to its authenticity and period.