Juvenalis, Decius Junius and Aulus Persius Flaccus

Estimate

700 - 900 GBP

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Description

Satyrae. (Venice: in the house of Aldus and Andrea Torresani, August 1501) [but 1515?]
Paper

8vo (148 x 87mm.), text in italics, first initial in blue on a gold ground with red penwork decoration (probably nineteenth-century), red morocco gilt by Duru dated 1854, gilt edges, small paper repair to head of first two leaves

Provenance

Sir Edward Sullivan (without bookplate), sale, Sotheby's, 19 May 1890, lot 174 (as 1501 edition), 16s., to Ridler; William O'Brien, bequest booklabel dated 1899, and his bibliographical notes in pencil on flyleaf and the price £3-10s

Literature

Aldo Manuzio tipografo 48ba; Censimento 16 CNCE 37426; Renouard 29/6 (both versions); Texas 40; UCLA 140

Catalogue Note

A close copy of the original 1501 edition (see lot 210), with Andrea Torresani's name added to both colophons. This probably just post-dates Aldus's death in February 1515.