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1095 - BEROALDO, Filippo Libellus quo Septem Sapientum sententiae discutiuntur. [Bologna] (per Benedictum Hectoris Bibliopola[m] Bononiensem [i.e. Benedetto i Faelli] 1502. die. x. octobris) 4to: [24] ff. (some very light foxing, occ. sm. dampstains, contemp. pen annot. and underlinings). Mod. bradel half parchment, grey paper boards (scratch on spine). Fine large-paper copy of the second Bologna edition (1st, same publisher, 1498) of this early post-incunable schoolbook, also known as the "Heptalogos", in which moral instruction is conveyed through stories based on the proverbs and sayings of the Seven Sages of Greece (Cleobulus, Solon, Chilon, Bias, Thales, Pittacus, Myrsilus and Periander). Beroaldo (1453-1505), celebrated Italian literary author, opened a school at Bologna when only 19 years old. He taught at Parma, Milan and the University of Paris before being recalled to Bologna and offered the chair of literature. Finely printed, printer's mark at the colophon. Ref. USTC 814178. - EDIT16 5568. - Not in Machiels, Soltész, Adams (other ed.).
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BEROALDO, Filippo Libellus quo Septem Sapientum sententiae discutiuntur. [Bologna] (per Benedictum Hectoris Bibliopola[m] Bononiensem [i.e. Benedetto i Faelli] 1502. die. x. octobris) 4to: [24] ff. (some very light foxing, occ. sm. dampstains, contemp. pen annot. and underlinings). Mod. bradel half parchment, grey paper boards (scratch on spine). Fine large-paper copy of the second Bologna edition (1st, same publisher, 1498) of this early post-incunable schoolbook, also known as the "Heptalogos", in which moral instruction is conveyed through stories based on the proverbs and sayings of the Seven Sages of Greece (Cleobulus, Solon, Chilon, Bias, Thales, Pittacus, Myrsilus and Periander). Beroaldo (1453-1505), celebrated Italian literary author, opened a school at Bologna when only 19 years old. He taught at Parma, Milan and the University of Paris before being recalled to Bologna and offered the chair of literature. Finely printed, printer's mark at the colophon. Ref. USTC 814178. - EDIT16 5568. - Not in Machiels, Soltész, Adams (other ed.).
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