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, Antiquitatum Romanarum, Venice, Aldo II, 1581, nineteenth-century half vellum

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October 18, 08:42 PM GMT

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200 - 300 USD

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Manuzio, Paolo. Antiquitatum Romanarum … liber de senatu. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1581

 

4to (208 x 150 mm). Roman and italic type, 37 lines plus headline. collation: (4 A-L4 LL4 LLL4 LLLL4 LLLLL4 M-O4 P-Q4: 84 leaves. Woodcut portrait of the author on title-page, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces, early marginal annotations. (Scattered foxing and staining.)

 

binding: Nineteenth-century half vellum over blue and gray marbled paper-covered boards, spine gilt with red morocco label (210 x 152 mm). (Rubbed.)

 

provenance: Contemporary marginalia. acquisition: Purchased from C.E. Rappaport, Rome, 1963. references: UCLA 939; Renouard 230/12; Edit16 27605; USTC 840499

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