Oratores Graeci, parts 1 and 2 only (of 3), editio princeps, collation: []² a-m⁸ n⁴; aaa-iii⁸ kkk¹⁰ (n4 blank), Greek type, woodcut device on titles, first title ruled in red and possibly supplied from a smaller copy, with the exceedingly rare leaf of instructions to the binder (according to Renouard missing from almost every copy), wide margins, scattered worming towards end, lower edge of final leaf repaired, later calf, gilt, lower joint worn, upper cover faded and detached, foot of spine repaired, folio (302 x 195mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius and Andreas Asulanus, 1513.

⁂ Editio princeps of the works of the Attic orators (with the exception of Demosthenes, published by Aldus in 1504), one of the most important publications of the Aldine press and, in Renouard's opinion, the source of "une foule d'excellentes leçons" profitably followed by later editors.

Provenance: Louis Thomson Rowe (book label to front pastedown); Arthur Cole (ink inscription to front endpaper, dated 1908); J.M.A. Ridley (ink inscription beneath the former, dated 1938).

Literature: Adams O244; Ahmanson Murphy 112; Renouard, Alde, 60:1; EDIT 16 CNCE 37441.