CATULLE - Lot 404

CATULLE Sex. Aurelii Propertii elegiarum libri IV Trajecti & Rhenum [Utrecht], Wild, 1780. In-4, text on two columns. Antique stiff vellum, black title-piece and gilt pallets on spine, red edges. Enclosed: Aux armes de Sainte-Madeleine SAINT PAULIN or PAULIN DE NOLE S. Pontii Meropii Paulini Nolani Episcopi Opera Digesta Paris, Courterot & Guérin, 1685. 2 volumes in one in-4: 8pp. 324pp. 190pp. - 148pp., 239pp. illustrated with a frontispiece portrait engraved by de Larmessin. Contemporary brown calf, spine ribbed and ornamented, headbands faded, one jaw split, gilt arms at center of boards (scratched on second board), gilt roulette on edges, corners dulled, red edges. Paulin de Nole (Bordeaux, c. 353 - Nole, 431) was a Gallo-Roman aristocrat and poet who, after a brilliant political career, embraced a religious life, becoming a priest and then bishop of Nole. In his day, he was the emblematic example of an aristocratic conversion to Christian asceticism. An important figure in the late Roman Empire, marked by barbarian invasions and the revival of paganism around 390, Paulin is venerated as a saint by both the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Provenance: Ex-libris imprimé Bibliothèque de M. Delasize - Armes de Sainte-Madeleine (Prieuré de Normandie à Rouen,) (OHR 1120, fer 2)