1501 Martial

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First Aldine edition of the Epigrams, by Martial. Martial was a 1st century Roman poet who wrote thousands of pithy and often rude insults to people he knew, and for that is heralded as a classic of Roman literature. This volume was padded out with many blank pages; the title page is on p 27.

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Author(s): 
MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius
Format: 
Octavo