Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection D-M

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection D-M

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Manuzio, epistolas Ciceronis ad Atticum, Venice, Aldo II, 1568, contemporary limp vellum

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October 18, 08:42 PM GMT

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300 - 500 USD

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Manuzio, Paolo. Commentarius … in epistolas Ciceronis ad Atticum. Index rerum, & uerborum. [Part 2:] In Attici vitam scholia Pauli Manutii [Latin and Greek]. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1568

 

2 parts in one volume, 8vo (150 x 98 mm). Roman and italic type, 36 lines plus headline. collation: A8 B-Z8 Aa-Zz8 Aaa8 2A8 2B-E8 2F4: 420 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page, woodcut initials. (Marginal dampstaining, a few stray spots, instances of dampstaining.)

 

binding: Contemporary limp vellum (153 x 107 mm), traces of two pairs of leather ties, horizontal spine title in ink, plain edges, title in ink on tail-edge. (Some staining and wear.)

 

provenance: "Ex Libris Bartholomei Zanoti Quarantrali," early inscription to front free endpaper acquisition: Purchased from Bottega Apulja, Bari, 1982. references: UCLA 800; Renouard 205/8; Edit16 27275; USTC 840485

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