(1514). MARTIAL. EPIGRAMMATA LIBRI XIIII. UNA CUM COMMENTARI - Lot 63

(1514). MARTIAL. EPIGRAMMATA LIBRI XIIII. UNA CUM COMMENTARIIS DOMITII CHALDERINI ET GEORGII MERULE, CUM FIGURIS SUIS LOCIS APPOSITIS. Venice, Georg. de Rusconi, December 1514. In-folio of [2]-148 (chiffr.149) leaves, fawn calf, gilt fillets on covers, ornate ribbed spine (slightly later binding). Fine illustrated edition of Martial's epigrams with commentaries by the Italian humanists G. Merula and D. Calderino. The title is adorned with a large vignette showing Saint Michael slaying the dragon bearing the monogram of the engraver F.V. (Floria Vavassor?), a large woodcut showing the author offering his book to an emperor, a remarkable border on a black background and 16 woodcuts in the text, copied from Pincio's 1510 edition. Joints cracked, headbands missing, title rings and more pronounced wetness on first and last leaves, q. handwritten annotations. Handwritten 4-line poem by Etienne Pasquier on flyleaf (USTC 841153) (Essling, 1672)(Sander, 4397).