Justinus, Trogi Pompei Externae historiae, Venice, Heirs of Aldo & Torresano, 1522, eighteenth-century tan calf, the Clements copy

Justinus, Marcus Junianus, and others. Trogi Pompei Externae historiae in compendium ab Iustino redactae. Externorum imperatorum uitae authore Aemylio Probo. Venice: Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, January 1522

The Clements copy.

8vo (156 x 92 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: a-z⁸ A-B⁸ C⁴: 204 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title- page and final verso, faded early marginalia. (Washed, very light soiling, blank marginal repair to a4 and C4, two torn blank corners.)

binding: Eighteenth-century polished tan calf (163 x 102 mm), covers ruled in gilt, flat spine with five false bands, compartments gilt tooled with a shield surmounted by helmet, arms, caduceus, and olive branches, gilt tendril roll on turn- ins, green marbled endpapers, gilt edges, green silk bookmark. (Lightly rubbed and scuffed, small surface loss to lower cover, hinges a bit weak.)

provenance: Briançon, family library (?), armorial supralibros — William Fisher (1799-1874), inscription on endleaf — Henry John Beresford Clements (1869-1940), bookplate — Col. Henry Theophilus Wickham Clements (1898-1974); his sale, Sotheby's London, 4-6 July 1966, lot 385 — Bernard Quaritch, London, purchased in previous sale (£10). acquisition: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1969. references: UCLA 209; Renouard 96/9; Edit16 51989; USTC 836752