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Polydorus VERGILIUS

De rerum inventoribus libri octo. [Ensemble] Marci Tullii Ciceronis sententiae illustriores, apophtegmata item & parabolae sive similia aliquot praeterea eiusdem piae sententiae

apud Seb. Gryphium; Ex officina Roberti Stephani, Lugduni (Lyon) ; Lutetiae (Paris) 1546, in-8 (10,2x16,6cm), (48) 434pp. et 435-527p., 2 volumes reliés.

New edition for the book of inventions Polydore Vergil and first edition for sentences of Cicero. beautiful impressions in Italics. Brands of the printer on the title page. The edition of Cicero is missing the English catalogs. De Rerum inventoribus was blacklisted in 1575 and reissued in redacted form and editing that we present is not so no. The first French translation seems to have appeared in 1527 as a copy of the University of Glasgow, although contradictory data gives 1528 as the date of the first French edition in Latin by Robert Etienne. Brunet gives 1499 for the date of the first édition.Demi Sheepskin blond marbled early nineteenth. Smooth back three jewels. Part of title and volume number beige. Lack paper keeps on upper cover of Volume 1 and the lower flat Volume 2, Interior very fresh. The book of inventions Vergil had a lasting success in the sixteenth century as it is the same type of books in the Renaissance, combining legends and historical sources. In the form of articles, it is treated with all kinds of inventions, salt, pottery, paintings, linen, music ... The book is also a history of medicine and magic. Polydore Vergil naturally drew on much the Ancients. Polydore Vergil (1470-1555) was born and died in Urbino, after studying in Bologna and Padua, he became secretary to the Duke of Urbino and the chamberlain of Alexander VI. His first two writings made him famous and won great popularity 'Proverbiorum Libellus' and' De Rerum inventoribus', translated into French by 'The inventors of things. In 1501 the pope sent him to England, becoming intimate of Henry VII, the latter ordered him a history of England by which Polidoro became the first modern historian, not content to make a simple but chronic student events and he influenced all future historians and even Shakespeare in his vision of the story. He returned to his native country during the religious changes in England. (Catholic Encyclopedia). Editing sentences and maxims of Cicero was given by Pierre Lagnier Robert Estienne. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

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