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CLAUDIANUS, CLAUDIUS. Opera. 176 leaves. 8vo, old boards, soiled and worn, joints partly cracked, paper lettering piece off; title lightly soiled, with faded note in blank lower margin, scattered marginalia in contemporary hand, 2 small paper flaws in blank portions of last leaf. 19th-century century owner's note ("Norton Hall, Sale, Chilcompton, Somerset, Ap[ri] 1835, E.G."); signature of J. L. Lincoln. (Venice: Aldine press, March 1523)
Only Aldine edition of the writings of Claudian, "the last notable representative of the classical tradition in Latin poetry" (OCD). Adams C2073; Renouard, page 96.
