1491 1st ed Diomedes Grammar Latin Rhetoric Phocas Donatus Honoratius INCUNABLE
Rare, complete 1491 first edition work of Latin Grammar!
Diomedes Grammaticus was a 4th-century Latin grammarian known solely for his grammar treatise – 'Ars Grammatica'. Latin grammar books were particularly popular throughout the 15th-century, and Italian music publisher Christopher de Pensis capitalized on this surge with 'Diomedis Doctissimi', a collection of 2nd to 5th-century Latin grammar and rhetoric treatises. This book included the works of Flavius Caper, Phocas, Agroecius, Aelius Donatus, Maurus Servius Honoratus, and of course Diomedes and was designed for teaching grammar, writing, and public speaking.
Works include:
Complete works of Diomedes
'Des Structuris & differentia sermonis'
'De perfectis & imperfectis'
'De origine: proprietare; formatione'
'De latinitate & eius partibus'
'De uariis vocabulaorum diffinitionibus'
'De accentibus: punctis; colis; commatibus'
'De differentiis quinq linguarum'
'De vitiis & virtutibus orationis'
'De compositione & clausula'
'De schematibus & figuris'
'De Tragoedia; comoedia; elegia; satyra'
'De poematum generibus'
'De poetica; poesi & poemate'
'De artmetrica'
'De Metro; rhythm; & Versu'
'De omni genere Metrorum'
De nomine et verbo / Phocas
Institutio de nomine, pronomine, et verbo / Priscianus
De orthographia et latinitate verborum / Flavius Caper
De orthographia et proprietate et differentia sermonis / Agroecius
De octo partibus orationis et de barbarismo / Aelius Donatus --
Commentarius in artem Donati / Maurus Servius Honoratus
Item number: #5297
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DIOMEDES, Grammaticus
Diomedis doctissimi ac diligentissimi linguae Latinae perscrutatoris De arte grammatica opus vtilissimum.
Impressum per Christophorum de Pensis de mandelo: Venetiis, Die uero. iiii. mensis Iunii, 1491. First edition.
Details:
Foliation: Complete with all pages
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Signatures: a-o6
Incredible, woodcut engraved title page featuring portrait of Diomedes
References: Proctor 5224; Hain 6216; Goff D 236; Essling 563; Polain 1296; GW 8402
Language: Latin & Greek examples
Binding: Leather; tight & secure
Size: ~13in X 8.75in (33cm x 22cm)
Extremely rare with no other example for sale worldwide
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