Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection A–C

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection A–C

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Cicero, Le epistole famigliari, Venice, Aldus, 1545, contemporary morocco gilt

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October 12, 08:25 PM GMT

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. [Le epistole famig. di Cicerone, tradotte secondo i veri sensi dell'auttore, et con figure proprie della lingua volgare, ristampate, et con molto studio rivedute, et corrette]. (Venice: in the house of the sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1545)


The second edition produced in 1545, with 305 numbered leaves. The binding is very similar in design to those made by Jean Picard for Grolier at this time.


8vo (156 x 101 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-Z8 AA-OO8 PP10: 306 leaves (lacking title-page and final leaf with device only). (First and last few leaves slightly stained with small rust holes.)


binding: Contemporary French black morocco gilt with interlacing strapwork and arabesque decoration (162 x 103 mm), with letters EP.F on upper cover and C on lower cover (representing Epistole Familiari and Cicero?), flat spine gilt, gilt edges, two clasps. (Lacking both straps and their attachments to lower cover, with resultant holes in lower board, extremities slightly rubbed.)


provenance: Giovanni Tassinari, inscription on inside front cover. acquisition: Purchased from Librarie Paul Jammes, Paris, 1998. references: UCLA 332; Edit16 12265; Renouard 132/9

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