Cicero, De philosophia prima pars, Venice, Aldus, 1546, early vellum

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. Tullii Ciceronis De philosophia, prima pars, id est, Academicarum quaestionum editionis primae liber secundus, editionis secundae liber primus, De finis bonorum et malorum libri V. Tusculanarum quaestionum libri V. Cum scholiis, et coniecturis Pauli Manutii… Corrigente Paulo Manutio Aldi filio. Venice: sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1546

Volume 1 only (of 2). 8vo (161 x 101 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: a-u⁸ aa-oo⁸: 272 leaves. (i2 with large burn hole and loss of text, associated stain on adjacent leaves, dampstaining, several marginal repairs.)

binding: Seventeenth-century vellum (165 x 103 mm). (Slightly cockled and lightly soiled.)

acquisition: Purchased Jacques Rosenthal, Munich, 1968. references: UCLA 354; Edit16 12270 (both volumes); Renouard 137/11-12 (both volumes)