Ovidio/Cicerone - Metamorphoseos (bound with):// M.T.Ciceronis Opera - 1506-1507

Ovidio Publio Naso

Metamorphoseos
Ovid's fifteen books of Metamorphoses

Lugdunum - 1506 (June 23)
Stephan Gueynard - Impr. Joh. de Vingle

CCX, (4) c.

BOUND WITH://

Cicerone Marco Tullio

Opera.
On Duties - On Friendship - On Old Age
Eiusdem Paradoxa

Lyon - 1507 (May 10)
Stephan Gueynard

(8), circa 266.

In small folio - 26.5 x 18.5 cm.

Gothic writing


Two very important and rare complete texts from the very first '500, collected in a precious, contemporary binding, in full leather with dry-pressed inscription, with perfectly functioning clasps.


Ovid - Metamorphoses
Rarest edition, the first to include the comment by Johann Deverdellay
BAUDRIER XII 211
SCWEIGER II 646

Ovid's Metamorphoses, with Deverdellay's first significant commentary, is an epic-mythological poem centered on the phenomenon of metamorphosis.
The opera, with 11,995 verses, gathers and reworks over 250 myths, being repeatedly described as.
an encyclopedia of classical mythology
The narrative covers a time span that begins with Chaos (the primordial state of existence from which the gods emerged) and culminates with the death of Gaius Julius Caesar and his catasterism, the process through which a hero, a deity, a creature, or even an object, is transformed into a star or constellation.
Through this work, completed just before his exile in 8 AD, Ovid perfected in verse and transmitted to posterity the most famous stories of ancient mythology.


Cicerone - Opera -
Very rare edition of the review by Jodocus Badius, first published in 1502.
RENOUARD II 282
SCHWEIGER II 194

Cicero's 'Opera' contains four important texts.

The 'De officiis', a philosophical treatise divided into 3 books.
in which the author presents his view on the best way to live, behave, and observe those moral duties to which every man must adhere as a member of the state.

The 'De amicitia,' a work from Cicero's late period, is a philosophical dialogue.
Imagined to take place in 129 BC, dedicated to Tito Pomponio Attico.
All the nuances of friendship are outlined in a dialogue held by Mucio Scevola, Gaius Fannius, and Lelius, combining the Epicurean vision.
(Typically Attic) with a Stoic (Ciceronian) perspective.

De senectute, another philosophical work focused on old age, was written by Cicero in 44 BC.
shortly before his death and dedicated
To the friend Attico.
Composed of 23 chapters, it takes the form of a dialogue which is imagined to have taken place in the year.
151, when the character who gives the title
Cato the Censor was already 83 years old.
He converses with his friend Gaius Lelius Minor.
(190 BC - 129 BC) and Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus (184 BC - 129 BC), the adoptive grandson of the most famous African, both much younger than Cato.

Each part of life has its own character, so much so that the weakness of children,
The boldness of youth, the seriousness of mature age, and the maturity of old age bring their own natural fruit, which must be seized in its time.

Finally Paradoxa is also a rhetorical-philosophical work dedicated to Marco Giunio Bruto, the future Caesar assassin.
The work was completed by Cicero during a period of withdrawal from political life, with a consequent focus on philosophical studies.
It presents the contents of Stoic philosophy through the analysis of six paradoxes: the aim is to demonstrate how statements that seem to completely contradict common opinion can be made understandable through the skillful use of rhetorical tools.

Beautiful and sturdy binding, closely contemporary, in full leather on wooden slats, dry-engraved on the plates, with multiple lozenges and threaded frames containing medals, flowers, and phytomorphic figures (rather worn but still visible).
Back to 6 nerves, with a small tear repaired.
At the upper front zipper end, there is a very small piece of missing leather (about 2 mm), also at the upper front zipper, corresponding to the cuff.
Intact and fully functional closing hooks.

Very well-preserved interiors, with strong, fresh, clean cards and wide margins.
Slight traces of dirt and humidity only on the first pages of the volume, including the first title page.
Additionally, only on the first pages of the volume, there are pinpoint powdery worm traces.
Most of the cards are brand new and very fresh.
Very rich, suggestive, and very interesting annotations, in splendid handwriting, probably contemporary, adorn all the texts.
The two frontispieces are splendid, each printed in two colors (red/black).
Two beautiful printing brands at the end of
Cicerone, the second of which, on the verso.
Of the last letter, it is not included in the only available text for collation, kept at the Bavarian Public Library.
Some numbering errors and omissions of cards, but ALL the cards are present.
Old handwritten ex libris 'Bibliotheca Academia' on the front pastedown.
Small antique stamp faded and unreadable at the front guard.
Keep the original guards.

Magnificent and very rare specimen, complete and original in every part.
Settled. Complete.