Description
Pontanus (Johannes Jovianus) Amorum libri II, Roman and italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., initial spaces with guide-letter, s8 and x5 blank, occasional spotting, bound after defective Aldine, 19th century red crushed morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, [Adams P1864; Ahmanson-Murphy 165; Renouard, Alde, 85:10; EDIT 16 CNCE 37595], 8vo, [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [February, 1518]
⁂ First and only Aldine edition of the second volume of Pontanus's Latin verse. The first volume appeared in 1505. Pontanus was a humanist and poet from the Duchy of Spoleto in central Italy and was a leading light in the Accademia Pontaniana, which was named after him following the death of its founder the poet Antonio Beccadelli.
Provenance: 'Ex-Libris D. Lanselle' (bookplate).
Lot 33
Pontanus (Johannes Jovianus), Amorum libri II, 1518.
Hammer Price: £380
Description
Pontanus (Johannes Jovianus) Amorum libri II, Roman and italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., initial spaces with guide-letter, s8 and x5 blank, occasional spotting, bound after defective Aldine, 19th century red crushed morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, [Adams P1864; Ahmanson-Murphy 165; Renouard, Alde, 85:10; EDIT 16 CNCE 37595], 8vo, [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [February, 1518]
⁂ First and only Aldine edition of the second volume of Pontanus's Latin verse. The first volume appeared in 1505. Pontanus was a humanist and poet from the Duchy of Spoleto in central Italy and was a leading light in the Accademia Pontaniana, which was named after him following the death of its founder the poet Antonio Beccadelli.
Provenance: 'Ex-Libris D. Lanselle' (bookplate).