Beroaldus [Beroaldo], Philip [Filippo]. Badius Ascensius, comm.

Carmen lugubre.de dominice passionis die.[bound with]Ludicroru(m) & amatoioru(m) carminu(m) p(er) elega(n)s codicellus.Jean Barbier for Denis Roce, [1505-7?]

      Denis Roce, [Paris:] [1505?] - 4to. 2 vols. in 1. A6;A8,B6-C6. [12]; [40]p. Modern red leather, slightly faded, covers warping, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Arthur Mullen, dampstain in upper margin has caused paper loss but not affecting text, worm pin-hole in first work, old signature at top of sceond A1. Large printer's device on t.p. for Denis Roce (Davies 135, Polain 162, Silvestre 451), fine decorated initials. Beroaldus (1453-1505) one of the most eminent scholars of the fifteenth century, was born in Bologna. He was brilliant scholar, a popular lecturer, and was rewarded with civic and academic honors. "He was fond of the pleasures of the table, and passionately addicted to play, to which he sacrificed all he was worth. He was an ardent votary of the fair sex; and thought no pains nor experience too great for accomplishing his wishes." At length he married and changed his ways. This volume is a joining of two separate Roce editions of Beroldus. The "Carmen" is in gothic type while the "Ludicrorum is in roman. This is the stand-alone "Ludicrorum" issued by Barbier & Roce as listed by Renouard in his Badius II;183:2, and mentioned by Moreau-Renouard which can also form part of a 1507 edition of Beroldus & other works by Poliziano, Barbaro, & de Maino (Moreau-R 1507:21). Between 1505-7 Jean Passet a.k.a. Barbier (d.1515), in association with Roce, issued several other works by Beroldus. Barbier had returned to France after working in London and Westminster and established himself in Paris probably in 1502. Roce a.k.a. Rosse (1490-1517) was a printer, publisher, and binder and worked at the sign of St Martin on the Rue St-Jacques where he published many books on his own and in association with other printers. Carmen: Renouard, Badius, II,173:3. BM STC (French) 50. Pellechet 2235. GW IV,24b. Index Aurel. 117.794."Ludicorum" Moreau-Renouard 1507:21. Renouard, Badius, II,183:2 & II,166:16 note. Pellechet 2215. GW IV,25?.