Catullus (Gaius Valerius) Catulli, Tibulli, Properti, Paris, Mamert Patisson, in the house of Robert Estienne, 1577.

Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catulli, Tibulli, Properti, 2 parts in 1, collation: à8 A-R8 S2, a-q8 r6, titles with woodcut printer's devices, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, S2 blank, r5 privilege f., lacking final blank, occasional spotting, 19th century vellum, gilt, spine richly so and with orange and dark green morocco labels, g.e., 8vo (166 x 100m.), Paris, Mamert Patisson, in the house of Robert Estienne, 1577.

⁂ The first edition of Catullus edited by Joseph Scaliger. 'Joseph Scaliger's Catullus enjoys an exalted position in the history of textual criticism, for in learning and historical sense -- and above all in method -- it has been seen to anticipate the triumphs of the great nineteenth-century philologists. In fact, it is not going too far to say that Scaliger is the first Catullan critic to have any method at all.' (Glaisser, p. 178). This volume is printed in two parts, each with its own title-page and pagination; the second part containing Scaliger's commentary and emendations.

Literature: Adams C1154; Renouard, Estienne, 179:1; Schreiber, Estiennes, 248.