PEROTTI, Niccolo In hac volumine habentur haec. Cornucopiae, siue linguae latinae co(m)mentarij diligentissime recogniti: atque ex archetypo emendati (...) Eiusdem Sypontini libellus, quo Plynij epistola ad Titum Vespasianum corrigitur. Cornelij...
Estimation :
900 / 1100
Adjudication :
1200 €
Description
Vitellij in eum ipsum libellum Sypontini Annotationes. M. Terentij Varronis De lingua latina libri tres (...) Eiusdem De analogia libri tres. Sexti Pompeji Festi undeuiginti librorum fragmenta. Nonij Marcelli Compendia (…). May 1517 (Pt 2 Y6v : November 1513) Heirs of Aldus Manutius the Elder, folio, 19th-c. polished calf with spine of earlier binding pasted on, covers with gilt ruled border, spine with gilt label, sp. edges, [1] f., 1436 cols, 79-[1] ff. (Preface and Index bound at end; prel. blank bound after Y7; Y8 with mark bound at end; some minor spotting, fore-edge margin of title and last f. strengthened). Good copy.
Partial reprint and reissue of the 1513 Aldine ed. of this masterpiece of Latin lexicography by the Italian humanist Perotti (1429-1480), 1st publ. Venice 1489. The "Cornucopia" was reset, the Varro part reissued. Woodcut Aldine anchor device on title, on f. K8v, and at the end. Printed in italics in 2 cols, with the index in 5 cols. Capital spaces with guideletters. On title the ownership entry of "D(omi)ni georgii austriaci l(iber)", i.e. George of Austria (1505-1557), illegitimate son of Emperor Maximilian I and Prince-bishop of Liège 1544-1557. Armorial bookpl. Sir Robert Johnson Eden Bar(one)t.
Partial reprint and reissue of the 1513 Aldine ed. of this masterpiece of Latin lexicography by the Italian humanist Perotti (1429-1480), 1st publ. Venice 1489. The "Cornucopia" was reset, the Varro part reissued. Woodcut Aldine anchor device on title, on f. K8v, and at the end. Printed in italics in 2 cols, with the index in 5 cols. Capital spaces with guideletters. On title the ownership entry of "D(omi)ni georgii austriaci l(iber)", i.e. George of Austria (1505-1557), illegitimate son of Emperor Maximilian I and Prince-bishop of Liège 1544-1557. Armorial bookpl. Sir Robert Johnson Eden Bar(one)t.
