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MACROBIUS, AMBROSIUS THEODOSIUS. In somnium Scipionis . . . explanatio [and other texts]. Woodcut zonal world map on k5r. [16], 322, [2] leaves, including penultimate blank and final leaf with Aldine device on verso. 8vo, 158x95 mm, 17th-century sheep with large gilt municipal arms of Montpellier on covers, ties lacking; minor stains and early ownership inscription on title. Inscription dated 1634 on front free endpaper by the recipient of this copy as a school prize. (Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, April 1528)
only aldine edition of an early 5th century A.D. treatise on Neoplatonic philosophy in the form of a commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis, with extensive incidental remarks on cosmology and the sciences. Also included are the Saturnalia by Macrobius, a dialogue among distinguished Romans on various subjects set at a banquet during the Saturnalian festival; and De die natali by Censorinus, on miscellaneous topics relating to conception, birth, and chronology. Renouard, page 105(2); New UCLA 251; DSB IX, 1; Olivier 2468.
