Elucidario poetico, nel quale sono contenute le historie, favole, isole, regioni, città, fiumi, & i monti più famosi con altre cose di questa maniera: opera necessaria a tutti gli studiosi di poesia. Raccolto per Hermano Torrentino, et di Latino tradotto in volgare da M. Oratio Toscanella

8vo (145x90 mm). 283, [1] pp. Collation: A-S⁸. Lacking the blank leaves S7 and S8. Printer's device on title page and at the end. Woodcut initials. 18^th-century vellum over boards, inked title on spine, sprinkled edges. Slightly browned, some water staining and foxing, ink stain at the beginning of quire Q.

First edition in Italian, in the translation of Orazio Toscanella, of Torrentinus' Elucidarius, one of the earliest and most successful dictionary of classical history, geography, and mythology, first published in 1498. The Elucidarius alphabetically lists people, mythological figures, places, etc. from classical times, and was conceived as a source of information for poets and philologists. Toscanella's Italian version of the work was reprinted several time well into the 18^th century.

Edit 16, CNCE33472.

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