Plinius, Epistolarum libri decem, Venice, Aldus, 1508, modern leather

Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius

Epistolarum libri decem [and other works]. (Venice: Aldus Manutius and Andrea Torresani, November 1508)

8vo (163 x 96mm.), woodcut Aldine device on final verso (otherwise blank), italic text, with blank leaf **4, modern leather, flat spine gilt, gilt and gauffered edges from the original binding, head of g8 repaired, occasional staining from washing of early annotations

The first imprint to mention Andrea Torresani in association with Aldus.

LITERATURE:

Aldo Manuzio tipografo 101; Edit16 27420; Renouard 53/3