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| Other authors / contributors: | Giuffrida, B. (Barbara), binder.
Libanius
Sommerfelt, Johannes, of Cracow, ed.
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| Provenance: | Binding: 20th-century limp vellum; binder's signature: Giuffrida.
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| Notes: | First edition.
The 397 Latin letters attributed to Libinius are a forgery of the humanist Francesco Zambeccari of Venice, who translated a small number of Libinius' original letters into Latin and forged the larger number in order to offer to his contemporaries a comprehensive collection of model Latin letters. (Christ. Geschichte der griechischen Litteratur. 3d ed. v. 2.2, p. 995)
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