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.

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.

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