Lot 31
Plinius Secundus (Gaius), Epistolarum libri X, 1518.
Hammer Price: £500
Description
Plinius Secundus (Gaius) Epistolarum libri X, collation: ****8 ****4 a-z, aa-kk8 (****3.4 blank), italic and some Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., title page lightly soiled, some staining, spotting or finger-marking elsewhere, 18th century vellum, red morocco label to spine, later stamp of place and date of publication to foot of spine, 8vo (154 x 95mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [June, 1518].
⁂ A reprint of the 1508 Aldine edition, with an additional index of subjects and an interpretation of Greek passages.
Provenance: 'Thomas Bryan Richards, 22 February, 1799'; 'Coll. per H. Drury Hannoviae V. Renouard. 140' (ink inscriptions to front free endpaper).
Literature: Adams P1535; Ahmanson-Murphy 166; Renouard, Alde, 82:1; EDIT 16 CNCE 37589.
Description
Plinius Secundus (Gaius) Epistolarum libri X, collation: ****8 ****4 a-z, aa-kk8 (****3.4 blank), italic and some Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., title page lightly soiled, some staining, spotting or finger-marking elsewhere, 18th century vellum, red morocco label to spine, later stamp of place and date of publication to foot of spine, 8vo (154 x 95mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [June, 1518].
⁂ A reprint of the 1508 Aldine edition, with an additional index of subjects and an interpretation of Greek passages.
Provenance: 'Thomas Bryan Richards, 22 February, 1799'; 'Coll. per H. Drury Hannoviae V. Renouard. 140' (ink inscriptions to front free endpaper).
Literature: Adams P1535; Ahmanson-Murphy 166; Renouard, Alde, 82:1; EDIT 16 CNCE 37589.
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