Ambrogini, Agnolo [aka] Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494)
Omnium Operu[m].

Paris: Badius Ascensius, [1519].

Folio, second edition, two parts in one volume; title page printed in black and red, featuring an elaborate compartment and Ascensius's famous woodcut device depicting the printer, inker, and compositor at work (marginal staining, slightly chipped); two text woodcuts on folio 37 verso; final blank n8 present; bound in half 18th century sheep with blue paper-covered boards, worn, front board becoming detached, ex libris Beale Post of Trinity College with bookplate and dated inscription, "Middle Temple, 1765"; 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.

This edition of Poliziano's works was edited by the scholarly printer, Jodocus Badius Ascensius (1461/2-1535). It includes the author's extensive correspondence with other Renaissance humanists, including Aldus Manutius, Pico della Mirandola, Pomponius Laetus, and other luminaries. Ascensius has provided extensive indices, prefatory material, and organized the work with the addition of his helpful notes.