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(POETAE VETERES CHRISTIANI.) Prudentius Clemens, Aurelius; et al. Opera [and other texts]. Volumes 1 and 2 (of 3). Latin and Greek text. [234]; [293] (of [294]) leaves; lacks final blank in second volume. Together, 2 volumes. 4to, 211x146 and 212x150 mm, 19th-century red levant, neatly rebacked; Volume 1 with light soiling and foxing on opening leaves, repaired wormhole in blank outer margin of title, and defaced armorial stamp on title and at end, Volume 2 with light marginal dampstaining, 2 outer sheets of gathering I severely browned, gatherings A-K misbound between gatherings k and 2a. Bookplates of Giorgio di Veroli (sale, Parke-Bernet, 29 February 1956, lot 433). (Venice: Aldus, January 1501; June 1502)
first edition of a collection of early Christian poetry,containing the first appearance of the aldine anchor-and-dolphin device on the verso of [pi]8 in Volume 2; state of the recto with 2-line privilege below the register. The third volume was published in 1504. Renouard, pages 24(1), 39(17); New UCLA 38, 58.5.
