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Statius, [Opera], Venice, Aldus, 1502, contemporary tooled morocco
Lot Closed
October 4, 12:09 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Statius
Sylvarum libri quinque. Thebaidos libri duodecim. Achilleidos duo (Orthographia). (Venice: in the academy of Aldus, November 1502; in the house of Aldus, August 1502)
8vo (167 x 94mm.), Orthographia bound first, text in italics, woodcut Aldine device at end of Orthographia, with blank leaf i8, contemporary blind-tooled morocco, bound somewhat tightly, rebacked and repaired
The first Aldine edition of all the surviving works of Statius, along with an orthography of Greek terms found in Statius.
LITERATURE:
Aldo Manuzio tipografo 69; Edit16 36141; Renouard 35/7; UCLA 61
