QUINTILIANUS, Marcus Fabius (ca 35-95). Institutiones oratoriae. Edited by Andreas Ponticus. Treviso: Peregrinus de Pasqualibus, Bononiensis and Dionysius Bertochus, 22 October 1482.

Folio (297 x 201mm). Collation: a-q⁸ r¹⁰ [*]². 138 leaves (of 140, lacking 2 leaves of Tabula at end). 49 lines. Roman letter. (Lacking 2 leaves of Tabula at end [supplied in photo-facsimile at front], last 4 leaves defective with patched repairs causing some loss of text, a1 extensively repaired along gutter margin with some letters supplied on verso, a2-8 remargined at gutter, a2 with repaired hole in text affecting some letters, lower margins dampstained with associated spotting, a few corners repaired.) Old vellum (rebacked). Provenance: extensive annotations in a humanist hand.

The sixth edition of the popular textbook of Quintilian's pedagogical treatise on classical rhetoric covers not only the training of an orator but also general educational theory, ancient literary criticism and the technicalities of rhetoric. Nearly forgotten during the Middle Ages, the Institutiones oratoriae was rediscovered during the Renaissance and exerted a strong influence on Renaissance and later prose style and literary criticism.

Goff Suppl. Q29a; HC 13661 (II); Rhodes(Oxford Colleges) 1493; Pr 6504; BMC VI, 899; BSB-Ink Q-15; GW M3681710; ISTC iq00028500.