Author: AMATI Pasquale ( 1726 - 1796) :
Title: Collectio Pisaurensis omnium poematum , carminum , fragmentorum latinorum, sive ad Christianos, sive ad Ethnicos , sive ad certos, sive ad incertos poetas, a prima Latinae linguae aetate ad sextum usque Christianum Seculum & Longobardorum in Italiam Adventum pertinens, Ab omnium Poetarum Libris , Collectionibus, Lapidibus, Codicibus exscripta. Tomus Primus ( - Tomus Sextus) . (complete in 6 volumes).
Description: .: 16. Pisauri ( Pesaro ) , ex Amatina Chalcographia, 1766 , 6 vols. in-4°, 28,3 cm, [I] (2)nn pp + xviii pp + lii pp + 522 pp ; [II] (2)nn pp + xxxv pp + 480 pp ; [III] (2)nn pp + xxiv pp + 529 pp ; [IV] (2)nn pp + lxxiv pp + 514 pp ; [V] (2)nn pp + xviii pp + 388 pp - with 9 folding tables ; [VI] (2)nn pp + xii pp + 306 pp. (complete in six volumes). Bound in contemporary full vellum, with two leather labels on the smooth spine. Vellum slightly dustsoiled but in undamaged condition, a very handsome set with a fine interior. When this collection of Latin literature appeared in 1766 it was the most comprehensive ever published. Count Carlo Mosca Barzi was the maecenas who provided the means to publish this 6 volume work, containing nearly 3000 pages. The count financed a publishing house which took the name of Amati ( Amatina Chalcographia). The publication is reputed to render the texts with great accuracy. On top of that it contains many texts which were hitherto never published, especially from the Early Christian period. (See lemma Amati in ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - ). Complete sets in fine condition appear rarely on the market. .

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