VERY SCARCE EDITIONS PRINTED IN VERONA OF RHETORICAL WORKS BY THE HUMANIST AND CARDINAL VALIER

POMPONIO DE MAGISTRIS COPY

Valier, Agostino. 1. Augustini Valerii episcopi Veronae, De rhetorica ecclesiastica libri tres, cum synopsi & praelectionibus. Eiusdem de acolytorum disciplina libri duo. Omnia in vnum collecta, & hac septima editione accuratissime impressa. Cum indice locupletissimo. Veronae: apud Hieronymum & fratres Stringarios, 1583.
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2. Rhetoricae ecclesiasticae ab Augustino Valerio Veronae episcopo scriptae, synopsis ab ipso contexta. Veronae: ex typographia Hieronymi Stringarij, et fratrum, 1583.
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3. Augustini Valerii episcopi Veronae, De acolytorum disciplina libri duo. Ad acolytos Veronenses. Veronae : ex typographia Hieronymi Stringarij, et fratrum, 1583.

3 parts bound together in a volume in-4to (200x145 mm) modern paperbopards, pp. (24), 336; (67), (1, blank), 19, (1, blank); 78, (2).
Text in Latin; each part has its own title-page, with a xylographic coat of arms of the Author; the first part title-page is floral framed; large xylographic head-letters, finely decorated.

Very scarce editions printed in verona of rhetorical works by the humanist and cardinal Valier.

Agostino Valier (1531-1606) was an Italian Cardinal, Bishop of Verona and influential member of the Holy Office.

Provenance: Handwritten owner's inscription at title-page (ex dono rev. dni Pomponij de Magistris episcopi Terracinensis. Pomponio de Magistris was bishop of Terracina: this is his own copy, gift to a further anonymous friend.

References: CNCE, 48207. IT\ICCU\BVEE\008284. OCLC, 57644060 (one copy in USA) and 458328049 (one copy in France).

A very good copy.