Anania, De natura daemonum, Venice, Aldus, 1581, contemporary limp vellum

Anania, Giovanni Lorenzo d'. De natura daemonum libri IIII. Io. Laurentii Ananiae Tabernatis theologi. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1581

[Bound with:] Bizzarri, Pietro. Petri Bizzari Varia opuscula, quorum indicem sequens pagina demonstrabit. Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1565

First Aldine edition of d'Anania's treatise on the existence of malevolent beings, first printed in 1570.

8vo (145 x 90 mm). Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: (D'Anania) †⁴ †⁸ A-N⁸ O⁴: 120 leaves (†8 and O3-4 blank); (Bizzarri) A-T⁸ V⁴: 156 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on each title and section titles, woodcut initials. (Scattered browning and foxing.)

binding: Contemporary limp vellum (150 x 100 mm), fore-edge flaps, manuscript author and title to spine, stubs from two pairs of ties. (Staining and rippling.)

provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame (1925-2011, sale, Christie's London, 30 November 2016, lot 385). acquisition: Purchased from Sokol Books Ltd, London, 2017. references: (D'Anania) UCLA 928; Edit16 15954; Renouard 228/2; (Bizzarri) UCLA 736; Edit16 6175; Renouard 198/15