Vallae, Laurentii . Lorenzo Valle (1405-1457)

De Linguae Latinae Elegantiae libri sex, iam nouissome de integro bona fide emaculati. (On the Eloquence of the Latin Language)

      Martin Gymnicus: Cologne 1543. - Blindstamp design consists of a series of urns and couples. Text in Latin . 736 pp. Vallae seemed to have a habit of getting into scrapes. After riduculing the law in Pavia, he fled to Naples where he became the Secretary to Alfonso of Aragon. In 1444, he questioned the composition of the Apostles Creed, tried for heresy but luckily his patron King Alfonso had the trial discontinued. "De Lingua Latine" was first published in 1444 and placed the study of Latin in a more scientific basis. Vallae delighted in controversy, at one point urging the Romans to deprive the pope of the papacy. He also denied that the religious state was the perfect state and that the monks were guilty of arrogance in that regard. Vallae also contended that we are unable to understand the concept of free will and the truth of it.Photographs provided upon request. Good, original vellum has some d Full stamped original vellum. Ornate blindstamping