Year/Century: 16th century
Language: Latin
Subject: Law & Government
Binding: Leather
Description: Institutione Oratoria Parisiis, Apud Audoenum Paruum, M. Fabioi Quintiliani, 1559 9 by 13 1/4" folio with 12 pieces bound together Completely bound in its original calf, including an embossed arabesque pattern in the middle of both covers. Excellent condition, with the exception of the date's scratched digit "X" (which was likely a printer error that read MDXLIX rather than MDLIX). The spine features a gilded title and date. Latin text is used. Former library. Quintilian, whose full name is Marcus Fabius Quintilianus in Latin, was a writer and Latin instructor who was born in AD 35 and passed away around 96. His work on rhetoric, the Institutio Oratoria, has made a significant contribution to literary criticism and educational theory. Although Quintilian was born in northern Spain, it is likely that he acquired his education in Rome, where he later trained practically under the most eminent orator of the day, Domitius Afer. After that, he worked as an advocate in the legal system for a while. He returned to Rome in 68, having left for his home Spain sometime around 57, and started teaching rhetoric while also advocating in the legal system. He was the first educator to be paid by the state for teaching Latin rhetoric under the reign of Emperor Vespasian (69–79). He continued to be Rome's top instructor under the emperors Titus and Domitian, retiring most likely in 88. As Domitian's reign came to a conclusion (81–96), he was assigned the responsibility of teaching the Emperor's two heirs, his grandnephews. Flavius Clemens, the boys' father, helped him get the honorary title of consul (ornamenta consularia). His young wife and two sons passed away before him, most likely not long after Domitian was assassinated.
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