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Pontanus (Johannes Jovianus) Opera Omnia, collation:, 3 vol., collation: *4 a-z aa-ss8 (lacking blanks m8 and ss8); A-Z AA-QQ8 RR6; aaa-zzz AAA-RRR8; italic type, woodcut printer's devices to vol.1&3, initial spaces with guide-letters, vol.1 small area of repair to upper margins of first 4 ff., all vol. some foxing (mostly to vol.2) and occasional staining, handsome 18th century panelled morocco, richly gilt, spines in compartments and with double black morocco labels, rubbed, g.e., 4to (c.204 x 125mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [June, 1518 & April and September, 1519].
*** A handsome set of the first collected Aldine edition. With fol. 64 in vol.2, which according to Renouard is often torn out because of its mocking of bishops, priests and monks. Includes a dedicatory epistle from Francesco Asolano to Altobello Averoldi, legate at Venice to Pope Leo X. Pontanus (1429-1503) was an Italian humanist, diplomat, scholar and poet.
Literature: Adams 1860; Ahmanson-Murphy 168, 178 & 183; Renouard, Alde, 82:3; 87:6 & 87:7; EDIT 16 CNCE 47484.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/4c39ccca-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/d217c0e9-4591-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "35
Pontanus (Johannes Jovianus) Opera Omnia, collation:, 3 vol., collation: *4 a-z aa-ss8 (lacking blanks m8 and ss8); A-Z AA-QQ8 RR6; aaa-zzz AAA-RRR8; italic type, woodcut printer's devices to vol.1&3, initial spaces with guide-letters, vol.1 small area of repair to upper margins of first 4 ff., all vol. some foxing (mostly to vol.2) and occasional staining, handsome 18th century panelled morocco, richly gilt, spines in compartments and with double black morocco labels, rubbed, g.e., 4to (c.204 x 125mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [June, 1518 & April and September, 1519].
*** A handsome set of the first collected Aldine edition. With fol. 64 in vol.2, which according to Renouard is often torn out because of its mocking of bishops, priests and monks. Includes a dedicatory epistle from Francesco Asolano to Altobello Averoldi, legate at Venice to Pope Leo X. Pontanus (1429-1503) was an Italian humanist, diplomat, scholar and poet.
Literature: Adams 1860; Ahmanson-Murphy 168, 178 & 183; Renouard, Alde, 82:3; 87:6 & 87:7; EDIT 16 CNCE 47484.")
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Pontanus (Johannes Jovianus) Opera Omnia, collation:, 3 vol., collation: *4 a-z aa-ss8 (lacking blanks m8 and ss8); A-Z AA-QQ8 RR6; aaa-zzz AAA-RRR8; italic type, woodcut printer's devices to vol.1&3, initial spaces with guide-letters, vol.1 small area of repair to upper margins of first 4 ff., all vol. some foxing (mostly to vol.2) and occasional staining, handsome 18th century panelled morocco, richly gilt, spines in compartments and with double black morocco labels, rubbed, g.e., 4to (c.204 x 125mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [June, 1518 & April and September, 1519].
⁂ A handsome set of the first collected Aldine edition. With fol. 64 in vol.2, which according to Renouard is often torn out because of its mocking of bishops, priests and monks. Includes a dedicatory epistle from Francesco Asolano to Altobello Averoldi, legate at Venice to Pope Leo X. Pontanus (1429-1503) was an Italian humanist, diplomat, scholar and poet.
Literature: Adams 1860; Ahmanson-Murphy 168, 178 & 183; Renouard, Alde, 82:3; 87:6 & 87:7; EDIT 16 CNCE 47484.
Lot 35
Pontanus (Johannes Jovianus) Opera Omnia, 3 vol., 1518-1519.
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Pontanus (Johannes Jovianus) Opera Omnia, collation:, 3 vol., collation: *4 a-z aa-ss8 (lacking blanks m8 and ss8); A-Z AA-QQ8 RR6; aaa-zzz AAA-RRR8; italic type, woodcut printer's devices to vol.1&3, initial spaces with guide-letters, vol.1 small area of repair to upper margins of first 4 ff., all vol. some foxing (mostly to vol.2) and occasional staining, handsome 18th century panelled morocco, richly gilt, spines in compartments and with double black morocco labels, rubbed, g.e., 4to (c.204 x 125mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [June, 1518 & April and September, 1519].
⁂ A handsome set of the first collected Aldine edition. With fol. 64 in vol.2, which according to Renouard is often torn out because of its mocking of bishops, priests and monks. Includes a dedicatory epistle from Francesco Asolano to Altobello Averoldi, legate at Venice to Pope Leo X. Pontanus (1429-1503) was an Italian humanist, diplomat, scholar and poet.
Literature: Adams 1860; Ahmanson-Murphy 168, 178 & 183; Renouard, Alde, 82:3; 87:6 & 87:7; EDIT 16 CNCE 47484.
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