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Title

  • Elegantiolae.

Summary

  • Agostino Dati (1420--78) was a philosopher, theologian, historian, linguist, and teacher in Siena. We know from his extensive correspondence that he also filled important public political, administrative, and judicial functions. Dati opened a school of rhetoric in Siena where he gave lectures illustrating the works of the classical poets. He was known for his oratory in both Latin and the vernacular. Elegantiolae is a handbook of rhetoric. Its first edition was published in Cologne in 1470; it was reprinted in Ferrara in 1471. From the beginning, it was a much-appreciated work that appeared in more than 100 editions and reprints before the end of the 15th century, a few of them annotated with commentary. The edition presented here, which dates from 1491, was published in Venice. On the first page, it has a xylograph (woodblock engraving) frame with the publisher's initials: B.I., for Johannes Baptista. The incunabulum has a green cardboard binding with the signature "Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd" (London bookbinders active from the early 19th century); a seal bookplate "A. Lampis. Paris;" and a label bookplate "From the Library of Ch. Fairfax Murray." Charles Fairfax Murray (1849--1919) was a British art historian, collector, and dealer.

Names

  • Dati, Agostino, 1420-1478 Author.

Created / Published

  • Venice : Johannes Baptista de Sessa, 1491-04.

Headings

  • -  Italy
  • -  1470
  • -  Latin language
  • -  Literature, Medieval
  • -  Rhetoric

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 12 pages ; 21 centimeters.
  • -  Reference extracted from World Digital Library: Paolo Viti, "Dati, Agostino," in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 33 (Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1987).|J. Christopher Warner, "Quick Eloquence in the Late Renaissance: Agostino Dati's 'Elegantiolae'," in Humanistica Lovaniensia 61 (2012).
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Romania.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667028

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Dati, Agostino, Author. Elegantiolae. Venice: Johannes Baptista de Sessa, -04, 1491. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021667028/.

APA citation style:

Dati, A. (1491) Elegantiolae. Venice: Johannes Baptista de Sessa, -04. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021667028/.

MLA citation style:

Dati, Agostino, Author. Elegantiolae. Venice: Johannes Baptista de Sessa, -04, 1491. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021667028/>.