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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).](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/166243c8-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/1ddf2396-2d91-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "33
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).")
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).
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