Lot 40
Suetonius Tranquillus (Caius) XII Caesares, 1521.
Estimate: £300 - 400
Description
Suetonius Tranquillus (Caius) XII Caesares, collation: A-G8 H4 a-z aa-rr8 (D8 blank), woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f. initial spaces with guide-letters, obliterated ink ownership inscription to title, water-stained, 17th century calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, some worming to spine, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (151 x 90mm), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [May,1521].
⁂ Reprint of the 1516 edition.
Literature: Adams 2035 ; Ahmanson-Murphy 201; Renouard, Alde, 91:7; EDIT 16 CNCE 37658.
Description
Suetonius Tranquillus (Caius) XII Caesares, collation: A-G8 H4 a-z aa-rr8 (D8 blank), woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f. initial spaces with guide-letters, obliterated ink ownership inscription to title, water-stained, 17th century calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, some worming to spine, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (151 x 90mm), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [May,1521].
⁂ Reprint of the 1516 edition.
Literature: Adams 2035 ; Ahmanson-Murphy 201; Renouard, Alde, 91:7; EDIT 16 CNCE 37658.
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