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Manuzio, Epistolarum, Venice, Aldo II, 1580, eighteenth-century vellum

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October 18, 08:42 PM GMT

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300 - 500 USD

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Manuzio, Paolo. Epistolarum … libri XII. Vno nuper addito eiusdem quae praefationes appellantur. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1580

 

8vo (162 x 106 mm). Italic and roman type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: a8 A-Z8 Aa-Tt8: 344 leaves. Title within woodcut border including portrait of the author. (Lower margin of title trimmed, closed tear to A1, browning, foxing, and dampstaining.)

 

binding: Eighteenth-century vellum over stiff pasteboards (168 x 120 mm), flat spine with gilt frame containing title, edges stained red, title in ink on tail-edge. (Some staining.)

 

provenance: Hesketh & Ward, catalogue 26, item 43. acquisition: Purchased from Hesketh & Ward, London, 2000. references: UCLA 926; Renouard 228/8; Grolier/Aldus 104; Edit16 27581; USTC 840498

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