Manuzio, epistolas M. Tullii Ciceronis, Venice, Aldo II, 1592, eighteenth-century vellum

Manuzio, Paolo. In epistolas M. Tullii Ciceronis quae familiares vocantur … commentarius. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1592

This edition includes at the end a two-page Aldine Press catalogue (61 titles).

Folio (304 x 205 mm). Roman and italic type, 36 lines plus headline. collation: *² a-f ⁴ g-h⁴ A⁴ B-Z⁴ Aa-Zz⁴ Aaa-Zzz⁴ Aaaa- Hhhh⁴: 342 leaves. Title-page printed in red and black, woodcut Aldine device on title, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. (Repair to title, dampstaining, worming, foxing, scattered browning and ink stains.)

binding: Eighteenth-century vellum (320 x 224 mm), manuscript title in ink horizontally across top compartment of spine, "H" at foot. (Some soiling, splits to vellum along spine, lower joint cracked.)

provenance: Hesketh & Ward, catalogue 26, item 51. acquisition: Purchased from Hesketh & Ward, London, 2000. references: UCLA 1019; Renouard 248/6; Edit16 12503; USTC 840515