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Manuzio, Antiquitatum Romanarum, Venice, Aldo II, 1569, modern limp vellum

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October 18, 08:42 PM GMT

Estimate

400 - 600 USD

Lot Details

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Manuzio, Paolo. Antiquitatum Romanarum liber de legibus … Editio postrema. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1569

 

8vo (144 x 94 mm). Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A-Z8 Aa4: 188 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title. (Repair to title, foxing, underlining to L1.)

 

binding: Modern semi-limp vellum (153 x 105 mm), flat spine, with gilt title over brown painted label, blue speckled edges. (A few stray stains.)

 

provenance: "Ambrosii Laberii," inscription on title. acquisition: Purchased from Bottega Apulja, Bari, 1987. references: UCLA 813; Renouard 207/12; Edit16 27278; USTC 840488