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Lot 305
Bozerian binding.- Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus), [Pharsalia], 1515.
Hammer Price: £950
Description
Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus) [Pharsalia], second Aldine edition, text in Latin, italic type, woodcut printer's device to verso of colophon f., early ink ownership inscription to title, a few stains, red straight-grain morocco, gilt, by Bozerian le Jeune, covers with palmette and double-ruled borders, spine in compartments, 1 containing title, the others intersecting sceptre, club and laurel wreath motifs, slightly rubbed at extremities,g.e., [Adams L1564; Ahmanson-Murphy 135; Renouard, Alde, 72:6; EDIT 16 CNCE 37522], 8vo, Aldus Manutius & Andrea Torresani, July, 1515.
⁂ The second Aldine edition in a sumptuous binding. Based on Simon Bevilaqua's 1493 edition and edited by Aldus from Marc' Antonio Morosini's manuscript. The latter was orator to Emperor Maximilian I.
Description
Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus) [Pharsalia], second Aldine edition, text in Latin, italic type, woodcut printer's device to verso of colophon f., early ink ownership inscription to title, a few stains, red straight-grain morocco, gilt, by Bozerian le Jeune, covers with palmette and double-ruled borders, spine in compartments, 1 containing title, the others intersecting sceptre, club and laurel wreath motifs, slightly rubbed at extremities,g.e., [Adams L1564; Ahmanson-Murphy 135; Renouard, Alde, 72:6; EDIT 16 CNCE 37522], 8vo, Aldus Manutius & Andrea Torresani, July, 1515.
⁂ The second Aldine edition in a sumptuous binding. Based on Simon Bevilaqua's 1493 edition and edited by Aldus from Marc' Antonio Morosini's manuscript. The latter was orator to Emperor Maximilian I.
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