Manuzio, Lettere volgari di diuersi nobilissimi huomini, Venice, [Paolo Manuzio], 1564, contemporary limp vellum

Manuzio, Antonio. Lettere volgari di diuersi nobilissimi huomini, et eccellentissimi ingegni, scritte in diuerse materie, con la giunta del terzo libro, nuouamente ristampate, et in piu luoghi corrette. Libro primo [- secondo]. Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1564

The first two volumes (of three).

Two works in one volume, 8vo (152 x 101 mm). (Libro primo) Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A-S⁸: 144 leaves, foliated. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page. (Crayon and pencil marks title, closed tear to B8, P8 in neat manuscript, S1 loose, damp staining.); (Libro secondo) italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: a-q⁸: 130 leaves, foliated. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page. (Dampstaining, worming.) (Lacking Libro terzo.)

binding: Contemporary limp vellum (157 x 110 mm), yapp edges, traces of two pairs of ties, fragment of medieval manuscript as binding support, flat spine with manuscript title. (Upper cover separated from textblock, lower cover split with loss.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, "Rom. Seminar/J," paper spine label — unidentified owner, ex libris ("D.C.V.B."). acquisition: Purchased from Thulins antikvariat, Stockholm, 1969. references: UCLA 715; Renouard 195/19; Edit16 28241; USTC 804348