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There are 2 important dedicatory letters by Aldus Manutius: one to Francesco Fasolo, dated
6.5.1513 in Pt. 1 and one to Giovanni Battista Egnazio, dated April 1513 in Pt. 3. Aldine woodcut
device with dolphin and anchor on the 3 titles and at the end of Pt. 3; titles to each part printed
in Greek and Latin; the 2 dedications in Latin, texts in Greek; capital spaces with printed guide
letters; 48-49 lines and headline. The 2nd leaf of the 1st bifolium of Pt. 1, being blank except for 2
lines with instructions for the binder, is lacking as in all copies except for 1. Renouard says that this
leaf does not belong to the ed.: “Je fais mention d’une si mince particularité pour avertir qu’il n’y
a aucune imperfection!”.
Provenance
: British Museum Library (duplicate sale 1840); Charles Burney; Charles Bloomfield
(on his death in 1857 his heirs returned the volumes to Charles Burney).
Ref.
Renouard 60:2. UCLA
112. Adams O-244. STCItalian (BL) 411. Not in Machiels.
1027 [Aldine imprint]
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STATIUS, Publius Papinius
- Sylvarum libri V. Achilleidos libri XII. [!].
Thebaidos libri II. [!]. Orthographia et flexus dictionum graecarum (...). Venice, Heirs of A.
Manutius & A. Torresani, January 1519, 8vo, 17th-c. vellum, flat spine titled in ink, blue edges,
294-[2] ff. (title stained and underlaid, inner margin 1st ff. stained, blank lower margin of last f.
repaired). Good copy.
€ 400/500
Repr. of the 1502 Aldine ed. of the Roman epic poet, printed in the famous italic type. Aldine
device on title and at the end. Mod. bookpl. Elise & Karl Seiffert. Libr. stamps.
Ref.
Edit16 53846.
Renouard 88:12. Ahmanson-Murphy 175. Kallendorf/Wells 169. Adams S-1672.
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APPIANUS, Alexandrinus
- Des guerres des Rommains [!], liures XI. (…). Et cinq
des guerres ciuiles. Plus le sixiesme desdictes guerres ciuiles, extraict de Plutarque [trsl. from the
Greek Claude de Seyssel]. Paris, (R. Avril for) E. Grosleau, 1552, 8vo, 19th-c. dark morocco, covers
with triple gilt ruled border and gilt corner pcs, richly gilt spine on 5 raised bands, gilt inside
dentelles, a.e.g., marbled edges and endpapers, [20]-447 (= 449)-[1] ff. (wormtrack in fore-edge
margin of 2nd half touching gilding).
Ruled copy
.
€ 800/1200
Very rare ed. (5th copy recorded?) of the French
trsl. of the Roman historian Appian (95-165) by
Claude de Seyssel (1450-1520), 1st publ. Lyon
1544. Old name on title. The Arenberg copy
(heraldic bookpl.).
Ref.
Pettegree FB 1511 [2:
Bourg-en-Bresse, Kraków]. Ind. Aur. 106.566
[1: Wien]. Renouard (Imprimeurs) I:679 [1:
Arsenal]. Cp. Hoffmann I:226. Not in Adams, BL.
1029 [Antiquity]
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BAIF, Lazare de
- Opus de re
uestimentaria (...) recognitum. Eiusdem, de
uasculorum materiis ac uarietate tractatus.
(Venice, G.A. Niccolini da Sabio for M. Sessa,
September 1535), 8vo, mod. overl. vellum, flat
spine, red edges, 72-[6] ff. (lacking final mark
and blank; paper age-toned, minor staining).
Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 200/300
Rare Venitian ed. of 2 works on daily life in
Antiquity by the French humanist L. de Baïf (1496-
1547), describing ancient Roman dress (and
textiles) and vases (and other receptacles), 1st
publ. 1531. Large woodcut mark (cat and mouse)
on title.
Ref.
Edit16 3903. Not in Adams, BnF,
STCItalian (BL).
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