Ioannes Iovianus Pontanus

IOANNIS IOVIANI PONTANI Cerreto-di-Spoleto, 1426-Naples, 1503).
"On the things of heaven". Volume 3º,
Printed in Basel, c. 1530,
In good condition with light moisture stains and period parchment covers.
Measurements. 16 x 12 x 5 cm.
Ioannes Iovianus Pontanus, was a humanist and poet from Cerreto di Spoleto, in central Italy. He was the leading figure of the Accademia Pontaniana after the death of Antonio Beccadelli in 1471, and the academy took his name. Following the example of Pomponio Leto in Rome and Cosimo de' Medici in Florence, Pontano directed and lent his name to the Accademia Pontaniana, for gatherings of learned and distinguished men. It became the center of fashion and scholarship in the southern capital, and remains to this day.