(1528). DATI (Agostino). ELEGANTIE AUGUSTINI DATHI SENENSIS - Lot 120

(1528). DATI (Agostino). ELEGANTIE AUGUSTINI DATHI SENENSIS OPUSCULUM IN ELEGANTIARUM PRECEPTA. CUM JODOCI CLICHTOVE. ET JODOCI BADII ASCENSII COMMENTARII. Lyon, Jacques Myt, February 25, 1508, colophon, title dated 1528. In-8 gothic folio of 112 leaves, brown calf, cold framing on the boards with gilded flowers at the corners (modern binding). Agostino Dati (1420-1478), philosopher, theologian, historian, linguist and professor in Siena, opened a school of rhetoric in Siena, where he gave lectures illustrating the works of the classical poets. His manual of rhetoric, first published in 1470, contains in this Lyon edition - which appears to be unknown - the commentaries of Josse Clichtove and Josse Badius, illustrated with 7 woodcuts in the text, 1 of which is repeated. Title consolidated with its red and green painted frame, st. leaves restored, marginal handwritten annotations.