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LUCANUS, Marcus Annaeus (39-65). Pharsalia, sive Bellum civile Commentary by Omnibonus Leonicenus (ca.1412-ca.1493) and Johannes Sulpitius (fl. last quarter 15th century). Venice: Simon Bevilaqua, 31 January 1493-94. Super-chancery 2° (299x209mm). Collation: π 6 a-z 8 A-C 8 D 6 (π1r title, π1v table to commentary of Sulpitius, π4r dedicatory letter by Sulpitius to Antonius Pallavicinus, π4v Life of Lucan by Sulpitius, π5r dedicatory letter by Johannes Britannicus to Hieronymus Advocatus, Life of Lucan compiled from ancient sources, π5v Life of Lucan by Pomponius Laetus, π6r verses, dedicatory letter to Johannes Taberius to Franciscus Barbarus dated 1486, π6v epigram by C. Lanfrancus, epitaph on Lucan, 2 verse arguments by Sulpitius, a1r text, D6r verses by Sulpitius, colophon, D6v blank). 220 leaves. 64 lines of commentary and headline. Type: 5:110R (text), 6/9:80 a R (commentary), 80 a Greek. 2- to 5-line initial spaces with guide-letters. (Fo. i3 tear repaired without loss, some leaves browned, tears repaired in title with a few words supplied in pen facsimile, stains in first quire, small wormholes in last 3 quires affecting a few letters, scribbles on final leaf.) Seventeenth-century vellum over pastepaper boards, title written on spine, red speckled edges, (worming in rear pastedown). Provenance: a few early marginal annotations. First edition with the commentary and additional matter by Johannes Sulpitius. The Pharsalia is second only to the Aeneid as the greatest Latin epic, and in his dedicatory letter to Cardinal Antonio Pallavicini, Sulpitius argues for Lucan's greatness to rival Virgil's. The Klotz copy has the corrected reading on the title-page to Omniboni Vincentini and the uncorrected reading opitmu[m] on 4r, line 1. HC *10241; BMC V, 517 (IB. 23925-6); Goff L-305; Polain(B) 2517; IDL 2990; IGI 5822; BSB L-235