P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, P. Rami, Professoris Regii praelectionibus exposita: quibus poetae vita praeposita est. Edition Tertia. [with] P. Rami Veromandui, Regii Eloquentiae et Philosophiae professoris celeberrimi, Praelectiones in P. Virgilii Maron…

184; 368 pp. Two works (Bucolics, 1572 third edition; Georgics, 1578 edition) bound in one volume: dated contemporary limp parchment binding, elaborate printer's device incorporating Pegasus on both titles. Pierre Ramus (or La Ramee) was born in 1515 and was a victim of St. Bartholomew's Night in Paris in 1572. He was one of the most learned humanists of the 16th century. Includes: P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica [with] P. Rami Veromandui, Regii Eloquentiae et Philosophiae professoris celeberrimi, Praelectiones in P. Virgilii Maronis Georgicorum libros quatuor: Diligenti recognitiione multis in locis emendata. "The Eclogues, also called Bucolics, is one of three major works by the Latin poet Virgil. Published most likely around 39-38 BC, the "Eclogues" consist of ten short poems in dactylic hexameter, all in a pastoral setting. The original title Bucolica (from the Greek ta bukolika) was a clear indicator of the rural setting of these poems, as they are based in large part on the Idylls of Theocritus in terms of style and content and share some common names. However, there are political undercurrents in Virgil not present in Theocritus, who maintains his rustic detachment theme throughout. Most of the individual poems are in the form of conversations and singing contests between shepherds and goatherds with names such as "Tityrus" (supposedly representing Virgil himself), "Meliboeus", "Menalcas" and "Mopsus". The poems are all carefully arranged, both as a whole and individually. The most famous of them is Eclogue 4, which contains a prophecy of a future 'golden age', which will be heralded in by the birth of a boy. While the identity of the child in question is uncertain, later Christians read this as a Messianic prophecy - one reason why Dante, in his The Divine Comedy, chose Virgil the virtuous pagan as his guide through Hell and Purgatory. Some modern scholars have pointed to Virgil's knowledge of Roman Jewish families as a possible route for his near quotations of Isaiah in the poem. Eclogue 10 is in praise of Virgil's near-contemporary, the poet Gaius Cornelius Gallus." "The Georgics is a poem by Latin poet Virgil, likely published in 29 BCE. As the name suggests (from the Greek word geōrgika, i.e. "agricultural (things)") the subject of the poem is agriculture; but far from being an example of peaceful rural poetry, it is a work characterized by tensions in both theme and purpose. The Georgics is considered Virgil's second major work, following his Eclogues and preceding the Aeneid. The poem draws on a variety of prior sources and has influenced many later authors from antiquity to the present."