Livius, ab urbe condita, Venice, Aldo II, 1592, eighteenth-century half vellum

Livius, Titus. Historiarum ab vrbe condita libri qui extant XXXV cum vniuersae historiae epitomis. Additis Caroli Sigonii scholijs, quibus ijdem libri, atque epitomae partim emendantur, partim etiam explanantur, ab auctore multis in partibus postremo auctis, et emendatis. Cum rerum, & verborum locupletissimo indice. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1592

Folio (315 x 215 mm). Roman type, 78 lines plus headline. collation: a⁴ A-Z⁸ Aa-Ll⁸ Mm-Nn⁸ Oo¹⁰: 302 leaves. Title-page printed in black and red, woodcut Aldine devices to title-page and final leaf, decorative initials, headpieces, two page Aldine Press catalogue with prices at end. (Intermittent staining, title repaired at gutter.)

binding: Eighteenth-century half vellum with blue pastepaper boards (323 x 227 mm), flat spine with tan leather label, red speckled edges. (Extremities rubbed and boards abraded, label removed from upper cover with paper repair, head and tail of spine repaired.)

acquisition: Purchased from Jens J. Christoffersen, Mamaroneck, 1992. references: UCLA 1022; Renouard 249/12; Edit16 27734; USTC 838310