Aldus.- Statius (Publius Papinius) Statii SylvarumLibri quinque Thebaidos libri duodecim Achilleidos duo...Orthographia et flexus dictionum graecarum omnium apud Statium..., 2 parts in 1, first Aldine edition, collation: a-z8 A-F8 G4 A-B8 C4; a-e8, lacking blank leaf i8 but with final leaf of woodcut printer's device, with C4 (second colophon at end of Achilleidos) misbound at end before printer's device and c3-6 of Orthographia misbound after C2 of Achilleidos, initial spaces with guide-letters (some supplied in ink in contemporary hand), some light browning or soiling, bookplate of James Lewis Knight Bruce of Roehampton, nineteenth century red straight-grain morocco with gilt fillet border, g.e., a little rubbed, spine slightly faded, [Adams S1670; Ahmanson-Murphy 61; EDIT 16 CNCE 36141; Renouard 35:7], 8vo (155 x 95mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1502.
⁂ Handsome copy of the first Aldine edition, with colophons dated November and August 1502.
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