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(140), 1-1400 in double-columns (i.e. 700), (24) pp. (Folio) 33x21 cm (13x8¼") old full calf with modern rebacking.

A well printed and edited version of this well known and very popular compilation, first printed in 1489 and thereafter 11 times before 1501. Curio printed an edition in 1526, followed by this printing in 1532. Perotti (1429-1480) was author of several “bestsellers” of the 15th century; this title was amongst his most popular. “A book on Martial, Cornu Copiae - part commentary, part dictionary - which was completed by Perotti in 1478 and printed after his death, in 1489, was another bestseller. One commentator calls it "a massive encyclopedia of the classical world. Every verse, indeed every word of Martial's text was a hook on which Perotti hung a densely woven tissue of linguistic, historical and cultural knowledge". It was dedicated to the condottiere Federico III da Montefeltro.” (see note in Wikipedia). Rare.