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Paolini da Udine, Fabio
Praelectiones Marciae sive Commentaria in Thucydidis Historiam seu narrationem, de plague Atheniensium , 1603
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Venice, Giunti, 1603. In 4°. Lily on the title page, woodcut friezes and initials, some rare browning, small losses on the title page, contemporary loose parchment binding, beautiful hand-drawn and hand-colored coat of arms of the city of Udine on the front cover , handwritten title on the three-ribbed spine, very slight defects.
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Praelectiones Marciae sive Commentaria in Thucydidis Historiam seu narrationem de peste Atheniensium (1603) is a Latin work by Fabio Paolini (Fabius Paulinus Utinensis), a Friulian doctor and humanist. This is a collection of university lectures (praelectiones) held in Venice and published in 1603, dedicated to: the Greek text of Thucydides, in particular the famous episode of the plague of Athens (430 BC) with Latin translation and extended commentary The work is not a stand-alone history, but a scholarly commentary that includes Thucydides' Greek text, a facing Latin translation, philological and linguistic analysis, medical observations on the disease, and discussions of the possible causes and symptoms of the plague.
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