Manuzio, epistolas Ciceronis ad Atticum, Venice, Paolo Manuzio, 1561, contemporary limp vellum

Manuzio, Paolo. Commentarius … in epistolas Ciceronis ad Atticum. Index rerum, & verborum [Latin and Greek]. Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1561

8vo (149 x 103 mm). Italic and roman type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A-R⁸ S⁸ T-Z⁸ AA-RR⁸ SS⁸ TT-ZZ⁸ AAA-GGG⁸ HHH⁴ III⁸: 436 leaves, foliated. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso. (Worming to first few leaves, intermittent dampstaining, scattered foxing, one or two closed tears.)

binding: Contemporary limp vellum (153 x 109 mm), slight yapp edges, traces of two pairs of chamois ties, old paper label on lower spine. (Some soiling, chips to label, worming.)

provenance: Early inscription, "Amor meus erga te" (my love towards thee), on title-page — P. Bonius Petrius, early inscription on title-page — Jo. Creoles de Bonettis, early inscription on title-page — Hercole Bonetti, early inscription on lower endleaf — Stelio Valentini, ex libris. acquisition: Purchased from Kenneth Karmiole, Santa Monica, 2012. references: UCLA 653; Renouard 183/12; Edit16 28074; USTC 840480