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Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium lib. IIII..., collation: *4 a-k8 l4 m-z A-H8 I4, italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., initial spaces with guide-letters, occasional early ink marginalia, title lightly browned and spotted, occasional spotting and finger-marking elsewhere, occasional small areas of water-staining, mostly marginal, antique style calf, gilt, small 4to (210 x 132mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [March, 1514].
*** First Aldine edition. The marginal note on *4r seems to suggest a personal familiarity between the author of the note and the printer printer, whom he terms as 'bone Alde'.
Provenance: 'Gregorius Pancianus' (16th century ink inscription to title).
Literature: Adams C1676' Ahmanson-Murphy 120; Renouard, Alde, 65:1; EDIT 16 CNCE 12196.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/be38ccca-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/cdc5e1b8-4591-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "19
Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium lib. IIII..., collation: *4 a-k8 l4 m-z A-H8 I4, italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., initial spaces with guide-letters, occasional early ink marginalia, title lightly browned and spotted, occasional spotting and finger-marking elsewhere, occasional small areas of water-staining, mostly marginal, antique style calf, gilt, small 4to (210 x 132mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [March, 1514].
*** First Aldine edition. The marginal note on *4r seems to suggest a personal familiarity between the author of the note and the printer printer, whom he terms as 'bone Alde'.
Provenance: 'Gregorius Pancianus' (16th century ink inscription to title).
Literature: Adams C1676' Ahmanson-Murphy 120; Renouard, Alde, 65:1; EDIT 16 CNCE 12196.")
Description
Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium lib. IIII..., collation: *4 a-k8 l4 m-z A-H8 I4, italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., initial spaces with guide-letters, occasional early ink marginalia, title lightly browned and spotted, occasional spotting and finger-marking elsewhere, occasional small areas of water-staining, mostly marginal, antique style calf, gilt, small 4to (210 x 132mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [March, 1514].
⁂ First Aldine edition. The marginal note on *4r seems to suggest a personal familiarity between the author of the note and the printer printer, whom he terms as 'bone Alde'.
Provenance: 'Gregorius Pancianus' (16th century ink inscription to title).
Literature: Adams C1676' Ahmanson-Murphy 120; Renouard, Alde, 65:1; EDIT 16 CNCE 12196.
Lot 19
Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium lib. IIII..., 1514.
Estimate: £500 - 700
Description
Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium lib. IIII..., collation: *4 a-k8 l4 m-z A-H8 I4, italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., initial spaces with guide-letters, occasional early ink marginalia, title lightly browned and spotted, occasional spotting and finger-marking elsewhere, occasional small areas of water-staining, mostly marginal, antique style calf, gilt, small 4to (210 x 132mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [March, 1514].
⁂ First Aldine edition. The marginal note on *4r seems to suggest a personal familiarity between the author of the note and the printer printer, whom he terms as 'bone Alde'.
Provenance: 'Gregorius Pancianus' (16th century ink inscription to title).
Literature: Adams C1676' Ahmanson-Murphy 120; Renouard, Alde, 65:1; EDIT 16 CNCE 12196.
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