Lucianus, Samosatensis

[three lines in Greek characters transliterated as] Loukianou Peri Parasitou, etoi hoti techne he parasitike, [then in roman characters] Luciani parasitus, ubi artem ese parasiticam astruit

      Parisiis: Ex officina Christiani Wecheli, 1536. Full dark modern calf old style, absolutely plain without labels; spine with raised bands accented with blind rules extending onto covers to terminate in trefoils, and simple blind double fillets to covers. One old numeral inked to title-page; text unmarked with paper clean and even bright, throughout.. Small 8vo. [20] ff. . Whether Lucian is truly the author of this work (The Parasite) is still open to some contention. In it he, or the real author, weighs in on the age-old question of whether philosophy or rhetoric is the higher art form and instead proves both ironically and satirically that parasitism is the highest of all art forms.#11; Text entirely in elegant Greek and with but one woodcut initial. The printer's device of a Pegasus is on the title-page.#11; Rare: We find no copy in WorldCat or COPAC. Moreau locates one copy in the Anglo world, at the Morgan Library.#11;