MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius

Epigrammata. (with commentary by Domitius Calderinus)

      (Printer of the 1480 Martial), Venice - Contemporary blind tooled calf over wooden boards (rebacked and without clasps) Folio . Early printed edition of Martial with the commentary by Calderinus which was first printed in 1474 by De Colonia and Manthen. A very attractive example of early Venetian printing with the original text printed in a large Roman type surrounded by a sea of commentary. This is the work by which this anonymous press has been named. The British Museum Catalogue (vol. V, p. 296) identifies three editions of 1480, signed "Venetus", which constitute the total recognized output of this anonymous printer [223] leaves (instead of 224; without last blank). Roman type; 57 lines; capital spaces; ownership inscription on first blank page; marginal annotations in an early hand; first few leaves with some minor marginal handsoiling; few very minor dampstain in outer blank margin of last few leaves. § Hain-Copinger 10814; Pellechet 7599; IGI (+ Suppl) 6222; Proctor 5660; BMC V, 296; Goff M 304; CIBN M-165; BSB M-195. [Attributes: Hard Cover]