PLUTARCH (ca 46-ca120). Problemata. Translated by Joannes Petri Lucensis. Edited by Joannes Calphurnius. [Ferrara?: Andreas Belfortis, Gallus, ca 1477?].

4to (183 x 133 mm). 65 (of 66 leaves), roman letter, 24 lines. (Lacking A1 title, a few leaves at front remargined at gutter, some minor soiling or spotting.) Later vellum. Provenance: some early marginalia; Libri di Carlo A. Chiesa (bookseller’s pencil notations on front free endpaper).

A very rare close reprint of the Venetian edition of Dominicus de Siliprandis from about 1477 (see BMC V, 263. IA.20734), printed at the press of the first printer in Ferrara, Andreas Belfortis. The mention of De Siliprandis in the colophon is retained. The Problemata comprise two distinct works: Quaestiones Romanae and Quaestiones Graecae. The first leaf with dedication foreword by the publisher Calphurnius is lacking in this copy.

Goff P-829; Klebs 788.2; Pell Ms 9581 (9405); CIBN P-487; Hillard 1665; IGI 7919; Madsen 3325; Voull(B) 2869,5; Walsh 2764; Oates 2237.5; BMC, VI 603; GW M34457; ISTC ip00829000.