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Lot 52
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutionum Oratoriarum Libri XII, second Aldine edition, [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], 1522 [colophon January, 1521].
Estimate: £500 - 700
Description
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutionum Oratoriarum Libri XII, second Aldine edition, collation: *4 a-z, A-E8 F6, title and verso of final f. with woodcut printer's device, some water-staining to first few ff. occasional spotting, new endpapers, 19th century polished calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments and leather label, this with repair to uppermost compartment and chipped, 8vo (205 x 127mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], 1522 [colophon January, 1521].
⁂ On the theory and practice of oratory. The work is dedicated to Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557), the orientalist, ethnologist and geographer, who provided Aldus and Andrea Navagero with a reliable manuscript for this publication.
Literature: Adams Q56; Ahmanson-Murphy 208; Renouard, Alde, 93:14; EDIT 16 CNCE 54149.
Description
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutionum Oratoriarum Libri XII, second Aldine edition, collation: *4 a-z, A-E8 F6, title and verso of final f. with woodcut printer's device, some water-staining to first few ff. occasional spotting, new endpapers, 19th century polished calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments and leather label, this with repair to uppermost compartment and chipped, 8vo (205 x 127mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], 1522 [colophon January, 1521].
⁂ On the theory and practice of oratory. The work is dedicated to Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557), the orientalist, ethnologist and geographer, who provided Aldus and Andrea Navagero with a reliable manuscript for this publication.
Literature: Adams Q56; Ahmanson-Murphy 208; Renouard, Alde, 93:14; EDIT 16 CNCE 54149.
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