1549 1st Edtn (Thus) M. FABII QUINTILIANI ORATORIS ELOQUENTISSIMI DE INSTITUTIONE ORATORIA LIBRI XII By Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) Edited by Petrus Gallandus, with commentaries by Agricol

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1549 1st Edition (Thus) ,
M. FABII QUINTILIANI ORATORIS ELOQUENTISSIMI DE INSTITUTIONE ORATORIA LIBRI XII
M. Fabii Quintiliani Oratoris eloquentissimi Declamationes XIX
By Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) Edited by Petrus Gallandus, with commentaries by Agricola, Mosellanus, Camerarius, and Pinius, plus Declamationes.
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (c. 35 – c. 100 AD) was a Roman educator and rhetorician born in Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. In English translation, he is usually referred to as Quintilian, although the alternate spellings of Quintillian and Quinctilian are occasionally seen, the latter in older texts.
Gallandus, Royal Professor of Latin at the Collège Royal. His text and prefatory arguments were new, and later editions (e.g. Paris 1556, Antwerp 1566) often reprint his version.

Format: Hardcover, folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483),Pages 337
Language: Latin
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: Apud Vascosanum (Michel de Vascosan), in via quae est ad D. Jacobum sub Fontis insigni, Paris

Synopsis: This 1549 edition marks a major milestone in the humanist revival of Quintilian. Edited by Petrus Gallandus (Pierre Galland, 1495–1559), Royal Professor of Latin at the Collège Royal in Paris, it was the first to present a critically revised text based on comparison of early manuscripts in the royal and Sorbonne collections. Gallandus brought a new philological rigour to Quintilian’s Institutio Oratoria, correcting hundreds of inherited errors from the Aldine and Estienne texts, and prefacing each book with detailed argumenta — concise analytical summaries of content and rhetorical structure. For sixteenth-century students of rhetoric, this Paris folio represented the most authoritative and comprehensive version of Quintilian then available — uniting textual criticism, pedagogy, and typographical excellence at the high point of French humanism.
Inscription by Randolph Greenway Jun of Thavies Inn Holbourn his Book. Boʳ 15 Martij 1725.
SKU: BTETM0002651
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 20, L: 30, W: 30 (Units: cm), W: 3Kg

Very Good - 1549 first Gallandus–Vascosan edition. Roman type, woodcut initials, elaborate architectural title page, and separate title for Declamationes XIX. Two parts in one volume in folio. Full leather binding with a spine featuring seven raised bands and a title in gold. Frontispiece framed by architectural woodcut. Woodcut initials. Published without the publisher's preface. Good conservation status. Pages: [6], 199, 58, 58, [16].

Printer: Michel de Vascosan (Michel Vascosanus), one of the most elegant Paris printers of the Renaissance, son-in-law of Henri Estienne.
Adams Q-56; USTC 151839; BM/STC (French) p. 378; Brunet V, 1032; Renouard, Vascosan, 1549.
Bound in contemporary or near-contemporary calf, richly gilt spine; marbled endpapers.
Provenance: Randolph Greenway, Junᵣ of Thavies Inn, Holborn, inscription dated 15 March 1725. Please see photos as part of condition report

1549 1st Edtn (Thus) M. FABII QUINTILIANI ORATORIS ELOQUENTISSIMI DE INSTITUTIONE ORATORIA LIBRI XII By Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) Edited by Petrus Gallandus, with commentaries by Agricol

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