Cicero, Le epistole famigliari, Venice, Aldus, 1545, later half green sheep

CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS. Le epistole famigliari di Cicerone, tradotte secondo i veri sensi dell'auttore, e con figure proprie della lingua volgare. Venice: sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1545

The first of two 1545 Aldine editions of this Italian translation of Cicero's letters, this one with 333 numbered leaves.

8vo (153 x 92 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. Collation: A-Z⁸ AA-SS⁸ TT⁶: 334 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso. (Title soiled and with one small marginal repair, some dampstaining throughout.)

Binding: Nineteenth-century Italian half green sheep over pebbled cloth boards (159 x 110 mm), spine gilt. (Some light wear at extremities.)

Acquisition: Purchased from Bottega Apulja, Bari, 1982. References: UCLA 331; Edit16 12264; Renouard 132/9