1669 Rare Latin Book - Roman poet AUSONIUS Works. D. Magni Ausonii Burdigalensis Opera.
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Author: Ausonii, D. Magni; (Ausonius, Decimus Magnus).
Title: D. Magni Ausonii Burdigalensis Opera. Iacobus Tollius ex Vett. Codd. Restituit.
Language: Text in Latin.
Publisher: Amstelredami: apud Ioan. Blaeu, 1669.
Size: small 4.5 " X 3 ".
Pages: 230 pages.
Binding: Good to very good original full calf leather binding (hinges fine, overall worn and scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright and tight, some light foxing and staining - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the very nice engraved title page.
The book: Rare 17th-century Latin edition of the works of Roman poet AUSONIUS. Including Ausonius's best-known poems: Mosella, a description of the river Moselle, and Ephemeris, an account of a typical day in his life.
The author: Decimus or Decimius Magnus Ausonius (c. 310 – c. 395) was a Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric from Burdigala in Aquitaine, modern Bordeaux, France. For a time he was tutor to the future emperor Gratian, who afterward bestowed the consulship on him. His best-known poems are Mosella, a description of the river Moselle, and Ephemeris, an account of a typical day in his life. His many other verses show his concern for his family, friends, teachers, and circle of well-to-do acquaintances and his delight in the technical handling of meter.