Pio 1498 and 1597 on Auction

A copy of Pio’s 1498 edition of Sidonius has turned up for auction at Christie’s. A copy of the second 1597 reprint (as it seems) is being auctioned at Barnaby’s.

A copy of Pio’s 1498 edition of Sidonius has turned up for auction at Christie’s. A copy of the second 1597 reprint (as it seems) is being auctioned at Barnaby’s.

Some very early scraps from the Letters (end of book 1, beginning of book 2) are offered for sale at Christies. SIDONIUS APOLLINARIS (c.430), Epistolae, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [?France, late 10th century] Among the earliest witnesses from the…