CICERO, Marcus Tullius [pseudo-]. Rhetorica ad C. Herennium. Commentary by Franciscus Maturantius [Mataratius] and Antonius Mancinellus. – De inventione. Commentary by C. Marius Victorinus. Venice: Philippus Pincius, 8 July 1496.

First edition with these commentaries, in a contemporary Venetian binding. The oldest surviving Latin text on rhetoric, Rhetorica ad Herennium was the most popular rhetorical treatise of the Middle Ages. Often attributed to Cicero, it is here paired with his guide on oration, De inventione. HC 5083*; Bod-inc C-219; BSB-Ink A-823; GW 6730; Goff C-683; ISTC ic00683000.

Super-chancery folio (315 × 213mm). 166 leaves. 14th-century manuscript vellum endpapers, final endpaper being a notated music manuscript (dampstained, some leaves toned, worming in first and final quires). Contemporary Venetian calf over wooden boards, star and roundlet tools between four concentric frames, diaper pattern of star and roundlet tools within knotwork frame, star-headed nails, catchplates on three edges of lower board with no claps remaining, manuscript paper label on spine (worming, corners bumped, scratches). Provenance: marginal Latin annotations in early hands plus long manuscript passage on free endleaf regarding the physical appearance of Christ – Howard Lehman Goodhart (1884–1952; label; gifted to his daughter:) – [Phyllis Goodhart Gordan (1913–1994); by descent].