Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection D-M

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection D-M

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Manuzio, Locutioni dell'epistole di Cicerone, Venice, Aldo II, 1582, early vellum

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October 18, 08:42 PM GMT

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500 - 700 USD

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Manuzio, Aldo II. Locutioni dell'epistole di Cicerone scielte da Aldo Mannucci: vtilissime al comporre nell'vna, et l'altra lingua. Con due copiosissime tauole per trouare le materie, nel libro contenute. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1582

 

8vo (157 x 97 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: a-c8 A-Z8 Aa-Dd8: 240 leaves. Woodcut title-page, head and tail pieces and initials. (Marginal repairs to corners of last two leaves, occasional ink spotting, ink markings on title and final leaves.)

 

binding: Early vellum (164 x 109 mm), flat spine, edges stained red. (Recased with endpapers renewed.)

 

acquisition: Purchased from Bottega Apulja, Bari, 1989. references: UCLA 946; Renouard 231/6; Edit16 50267; USTC 840407

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