Creator
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus.
Title
[Opera].
Publisher
Venice: Aldus Manutius and Andrea Torresani,
Date
November 1517.
Description
The sole Aldine edition of the poet and politician Ausonius (309 – ca. 395 CE), a governor of Gaul and Consul of Rome in 379 CE. His Ephemeris provides important insight into the daily life of an average Roman citizen, and the Mosella describes the landscape, homes, people, and wines of the towns along the Moselle river. An early calf binding with unidentified arms, incorporating a ram’s head, scallops, the word “aliqū” and the Roman numeral XVI.
Source
From the collection of G. Scott Clemons.