Description
Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) Iuvenalis Persius, collation: A-G8 H10 a8 b4, italic and some Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title, initial spaces with guide-letters, some early ink marginalia, washed, fading some of the marginalia, ink stamp to title, water-stained, 8vo (157 x 100mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [August 1501, but c.1515].
⁂ A re-issue of the 1501 edition with the addition of an anchor device.
Provenance: Ink stamp to title with motto 'Expecto'.
Literature: Adams J772; Ahmanson-Murphy 140; Renouard, Alde, 29:6.
Lot 22
Juvenalis (Decimus Junius), Iuvenalis Persius, 1515.
Estimate: £400 - 600
Description
Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) Iuvenalis Persius, collation: A-G8 H10 a8 b4, italic and some Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title, initial spaces with guide-letters, some early ink marginalia, washed, fading some of the marginalia, ink stamp to title, water-stained, 8vo (157 x 100mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [August 1501, but c.1515].
⁂ A re-issue of the 1501 edition with the addition of an anchor device.
Provenance: Ink stamp to title with motto 'Expecto'.
Literature: Adams J772; Ahmanson-Murphy 140; Renouard, Alde, 29:6.