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Pontanus, Ioannes Iovianus. (Works).

With printer’s device on title and at the end. 247, (2) leaves. 8vo. Contemp. limp vellum. – Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1533.

Collected works by Giovanni Pontano (1429–1503), main representative of the Italian Renaissance. The collection contains: „Urania, sive de stellis libri quinque“, „Meteorum liber unus“, „De hortis Hesperidum libri duo“, „Lepidina“, „Hendecasyllaborum libri duo“, „Tumulorum liber unus“, „Neniae duodecim“, „Epigrammata duodecim“. The first Pontanus edition was printed in 1505 also by Aldus Manutius. – First inner hinge broken, worm trace from pp. 129 to 138. – Best.-Nr. 19773