Live auction - Lot 974
[Aldine Press]
Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quintum fratrem […]. Pauli Manutii in easdem epistolas scholiae […].
Venice, P. Manutius, August 1540
€ 500 / 600
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Lot description
2 parts in 1 vol., 8vo: [2]-331-[11], [24] ff. (Pt. II bound before Pt. I; some toning, marg. spotted, min. worming in bl. margin of final quires).
Old vellum-covered boards, flat spine with morocco labels, green silk marker (soiled). Good copy.
Aldine ed. of Cicero’s letters and the commentary of Paulus Manutius (1512-1574). Woodcut mark on titles and at the end(s). Printed in italics. Capital spaces with guide-letters.
Ref. EDIT16 12246. - Renouard 120:7. - Ahmanson/Murphy 287. - Adams C-1913.