QUINTILIANUS (pseudo)Declamationes. - CALPURNIUS FLACCUS. Excerptae X. rhetorum minorum LI. Nunc primum edita... Ex bibliotheca P. Pithoei. Paris, Mamert Patisson chez Robert Estienne, 1580, in-8 (176 x 110 mm) of 14 ff.n.ch., 458 pp. 11 ff.n.ch., printer's mark on the title. Red velvet, smooth spine (18th century binding). Renouard, Estienne, 182:1; Schreiber, 255.First edition of the 9 new Declamationes, discovered byPierre Pithou, which are added to the 136 previously known."The Declamationes are a collection of 145 rhetorical exercises... The discovery of new manuscript evidence allowed Pierre Pithou (1539- 1596) to publish 9 Declamationes for the first time here. The volume also contains the editio princeps of the fragmentary Declamationes of Calpurnius Flaccus, as well as a new recension of the Dialogus ofTacitus" (Schreiber). A very good copy of illustrious provenance having belonged to the bibliophile Renouard, the first bibliographer of the Estienne family.Provenance: Antoine Auguste Renouard (ex-libris).Declamationes. - CALPURNIUS FLACCUS. Excerptae X. rhetorum minorum LI. Nunc primum edita...Ex bibliotheca P. Pithoei. Paris, Mamert Patisson chez Robert Estienne, 1580. In-8 (176 x 110 mm) de 14 ff.n.ch., 458 pp., 11 ff.n.ch., marque d'imprimeur sur le titre. Velours rouge, dos lisse (reliure du XVIIIème siècle).Renouard, Estienne, 182:1; Schreiber, 255.Première édition des 9 nouvelles Declamationes, découvertes parPierre Pithou, qui s'ajoutent aux 136 précédemment connues.«The Declamationes are a collection of 145 rhetorical exercises... The discovery of new manuscript evidence allowed Pierre Pithou (1539- 1596) to publish 9 Declamationes for the first time here. The volume also contains the editio princeps of the fragmentary Declamationes of Calpurnius Flaccus, as well as a new recension of the Dialogus ofTacitus» (Schreiber).Très bon exemplaire d'illustre provenance ayant appartenu au bibliophile Renouard, le premier bibliographe des Estienne.Provenance : Antoine Auguste Renouard (ex-libris). Artist or Maker QUINTILIANUS (pseudo) Notes 77-livres anciens et modernes;203-Livres & Manuscrits