Rare
Books
Classical
Roman
and
Greek
Authors
Aldine
Printer's Mark from Claudianus,
Claudius.
Opera qvam Diligentissime Castigata.
Venetiis: Aldvs, 1523.
onsisting
of over 250 volumes, Rare Books' collection of classical Roman and Greek authors
includes some of Texas Tech University's oldest texts, beginning with Jenson's
1471 printing of Suetonius' Life of the
12 Caesars (Vitae XII Caesarum.
Venice: Nicolaus Jensen, 1471).
Other notable texts include a 1524 printing of Homer's
Iliad, (Homērou
Ilias.
Venetiis: In aedibvs Aldi, 1524), and a 1772 Baskerville edition of Lucretius'
The Nature of Things. (De
Rerum Natura Libri sex.
Birminghamae: Typis Johannis Baskerville, 1772).
As the collection is designed to support research and teaching at Texas
Tech, an emphasis has been made to acquire editions edited by important
classical scholars such as Richard Bentley.
For
additional information, please contact:
Rob E. King
rob.e.king@ttu.edu
(806) 834-0397