Juste LIPSE, Philippe RUBENS
Saturnalium sermonum, libri duo, qui de gladiatoribus [Ensemble] Philippi Rubeni Electorum libri II. In quibus antiqui ritus, emendationes, centurae. Eiusdem ad Iustum Lipsium poematia
Ex officina Plantiniana, Apud Ioannem Moretum|Antverpiae [Antwerp] • (Anvers) [Antwerp] 1604 - 1607|18 x 25 cm|2 ouvrages en un volume relié
New edition for the Saturnalium (first edition in 1582, the privilege however being from 1598 for certainly the first illustrated one) and first edition for the second work by Philippe Ruben, Electorum. Printer's marks on title page and on the last blank leaf. Jan Moret was Plantin's son-in-law, he took over the printing house after the latter's death.
Illustration: Saturnalium is illustrated with 4 double-page plates, 4 single plates with 2 figures and 4 figures in text; the whole contains no signature, but would be by the hand of Van der Borcht the Elder, who regularly worked with Jan Moret. Electorum contains 3 double-page plates and 2 figures in text, all by Cornelius Galle (some plates being signed). One double-page engraving is lacking.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth Jansenist spine. Beige vellum title label. One lack at head and one at tail. Staining on the boards. First gathering detached. The title label indicates To. VII, this volume certainly formed part of a set of texts by Justus Lipsius or around this author. Handsome copy.
The Saturnalia were great Roman festivals during the winter solstice (17 to 24 December, then 25); the celebrations of the God Saturn were accompanied by great unbridled popular festivities, but also by spectacles, notably of gladiators. Social barriers were abolished and slaves were served by their masters. Justus Lipsius gathers all the commentaries that have been written on the subject and studies them. A large part is devoted to the different spectacles given by the gladiators.
Electorum is a florilegium, a selection of what is found best among the authors of Antiquity on ancient rites. Philippe Ruben was the disciple of Justus Lipsius, he pays him homage in these Poematia.
Illustration: Saturnalium is illustrated with 4 double-page plates, 4 single plates with 2 figures and 4 figures in text; the whole contains no signature, but would be by the hand of Van der Borcht the Elder, who regularly worked with Jan Moret. Electorum contains 3 double-page plates and 2 figures in text, all by Cornelius Galle (some plates being signed). One double-page engraving is lacking.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth Jansenist spine. Beige vellum title label. One lack at head and one at tail. Staining on the boards. First gathering detached. The title label indicates To. VII, this volume certainly formed part of a set of texts by Justus Lipsius or around this author. Handsome copy.
The Saturnalia were great Roman festivals during the winter solstice (17 to 24 December, then 25); the celebrations of the God Saturn were accompanied by great unbridled popular festivities, but also by spectacles, notably of gladiators. Social barriers were abolished and slaves were served by their masters. Justus Lipsius gathers all the commentaries that have been written on the subject and studies them. A large part is devoted to the different spectacles given by the gladiators.
Electorum is a florilegium, a selection of what is found best among the authors of Antiquity on ancient rites. Philippe Ruben was the disciple of Justus Lipsius, he pays him homage in these Poematia.
€1,200