(HUMANISM; CLASSICAL EDUCATION; ALDINE PRESS; FIRST EDITIONS) Coelius Ludovicus, RHODIGINUS (alias Ludovico RICCHIERI) (1469-1525) Sicuti antiquarum lectionum commentarios concinnarat olim vindex Ceselius, ita nunc eosdem per incuriam interceptos reparavit Lodovicus Caelius Rhodicinus, in corporis una velut molem aggestis primum linguae utriusque floribus, mox advocato ad partes Platone item, ac Platonicis omnibus, necnon Aristotele, ac haereseos eiusdem viris aliis, sed et theologorum plerisque, ac iureconsultorum, ut medicos taceam, et mathesin professos. Ex qua velut lectionis farragine explicantur linguae latina loca, quadrigentis haud pauciora ferè, vel aliis intacta, vel pensiculate parum excussa. Opto valeas, qui leges,livore posito .... (colophon: Venetiis, in aedibus Aldi et Andreae soceri, mense februario, 1516) § Folio; 80, 862, [6], signature: AA-CC4, DD2, EE4, FF2, a-z4, (et)4, (cum)4, (rum)4, aa-zz4, 2(et)4, 2(cum)4, 2(rum)4, A4, B5. Title page printed in red with large-size famous aldine anchor on, repeated in black print on last leaf. Venetian 18th century marbled calf, decorated spine with five ribs, red edges, corners slightly bumped, spine faded, light waterstains on lower margin of few pages , a very fine copy on large and crisp paper, complete under all respects. A very valuable book ( two available copies on the market, respectively priced at 8400 and 6800 € !!), here offered at a very low reserve price. First edition. Work of immense erudition, dealing with medicine, musique, natural history, gastronomy, literature, magic and more. The author, the humanist Ludovico Ricchieri, was also known under the name of Celio Rodigino, latinized in Caelius Rhodiginus; he received his first education in Rovigo, then studied philosophy and Greek and Latin literature in Ferrara.and natural philosophy and law in Padua. He taught in Rovigo, Milan and other towns. “The Antiquarum Lectionum Libri Sedecim represent the work of many years. Between 1515 and the following year he stayed in Venice to follow the edition of the work which was published in 1516 by Aldo Manunzio. The edition represented the culmination of a monumental work of reading, cataloging and commenting on ancient authors that Ricchieri had already begun in 1508. When already working on a collection of proverbs, he read Erasmus of Rotterdam's Adagia and decided to abandon his project for a more ambitious one: the compilation of all theological, philosophical, philological and scientific knowledge. ... The fame that followed the publication of the Lectiones earned Ludovico Ricchieri the five-year teaching (from 1519 to 1523) of Greek and Latin literature in Milan (even though he was among the professors at the University of Pavia). In 1517 the Lectiones were reprinted in Basel by Johannes Froben and in Paris by Josse Bade, giving the author fame throughout Europe.” (italiani.it, translated). The work is dedicated to Jean Grolier de Servières, viscount d'Aguisy (c. 1489/90-1565); treasurer-General of France and a famous bibliophile and book collector, Grolier is especially known for his patronage of the Aldine Press, and his love of richly decorated bookbindings.  RENOUARD Annali delle edizioni aldine, Paris, 1803, I, p. 126; https://rovigo.italiani.it/ludovico-ricchieri-la-vasta-erudizione-del-celio-rodigino; Adams, R-450; Ahmanson-Murphy 123.