1688 Claudian Roman Poetry Mythology Panegyrics Gothic & Gildonic WARS Heinsius
“He how always desires is always poor.”
– Claudian
Claudian was a 4th-century B.C. poet who wrote poetry and speeches specifically for Roman Emperor Honorius on mythology and early Roman wars. Early 16th-century printings of Claudian are exceedingly rare, particularly examples in a pristine of shape as this. This Latin edition was published in 1688 and includes notes and amendments by Dutch scholar Nicholas Heinsius on the works of Claudian including
- ‘In Rufinum’ (a letter against Byzantine consul Rufinus)
- ‘De Bello Gildonico’ (essay on the Gildonic Revolt)
- ‘Epithalamium de Nuptiis Honorii’ (on the marriage of Honorius and Maria)
- ‘Panegyrics’
- ‘In Eutropium’ (a letter against consul Eutropius)
- ‘De Bello Gothico’ (essay on the Gothic War of 402BC)’
- Various epigrams
- ‘De raptu Prosperpinae’ (an epic in 3 books which was never completed)
This edition features a full-page illustrated title page.
1688 Claudian Roman Poetry Mythology Panegyrics Gothic & Gildonic WARS Heinsius
“He how always desires is always poor.”
– Claudian
Claudian was a 4th-century B.C. poet who wrote poetry and speeches specifically for Roman Emperor Honorius on mythology and early Roman wars. Early 16th-century printings of Claudian are exceedingly rare, particularly examples in a pristine of shape as this. This Latin edition was published in 1688 and includes notes and amendments by Dutch scholar Nicholas Heinsius on the works of Claudian including
- ‘In Rufinum’ (a letter against Byzantine consul Rufinus)
- ‘De Bello Gildonico’ (essay on the Gildonic Revolt)
- ‘Epithalamium de Nuptiis Honorii’ (on the marriage of Honorius and Maria)
- ‘Panegyrics’
- ‘In Eutropium’ (a letter against consul Eutropius)
- ‘De Bello Gothico’ (essay on the Gothic War of 402BC)’
- Various epigrams
- ‘De raptu Prosperpinae’ (an epic in 3 books which was never completed)
This edition features a full-page illustrated title page.
Item number: #3262
Price: $399
CLAUDIAN, Claudius
Cl. Claudiani quae exstant: ex emendatione Nicolai Heinsii.
Amstelodami : sumptibus Societas, 1688.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all 260 pages
- Registered signatures: A-N, o-y
- Title page loose but present
- Language: Latin
- Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
- Size: ~4.75in X 2.5in (12cm x 6.5cm)
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3262
Category
Classical Greco-Roman
Authors
CLAUDIAN, Claudius
Printing Date
17th Century
Language
Latin
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete