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Books & Manuscripts, Literature, Americana
7:00 AM PT - Jun 23rd, 2009

 

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[ALDINE PRESS] -- LIVIUS, Titus. [Opera].

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[ALDINE PRESS] -- LIVIUS, Titus. [Opera].
Venice: Aldus, 1518. 8vo (165 x 100 mm). Woodcut printer's device to title and colophon leaves. Early calf stamped 'T.L. Decadum' in the center of each cover, gilt paneling and blind-stamped tooling. Condition: upper hinge cracked, light soiling to first and last leaves, offset to endpaper from book labels; upper joint cracked, rear board cracked but repaired, remnants of clasps, edges worn. Provenance: John Wyndham Bruce (engraved book label); Richard Montgomery Gilchrist Potter (red morocco booklabel). -- CLAUDIANUS. Claudii Claudiani Alexandrini. Paris: Simon Colinaeus, 1530. 8vo (155 x 100 mm). Later calf. Condition: minor soiling; upper cover detached, other wear to binding. Provenance: The Hon. William Ld. Viscount Bateman (armorial bookplate). -- GARIMBERTO, Girolamo. Problemi Naturali e Morali. Venice: Valgrisi, 1549. 8vo (170 x 110 mm). Woodcut printer's device to title and colophon leaves. Early vellum. Condition: title lightly soiled, repair to colophon; binding slightly bowed with minor soiling. Brunet II, 1486. first aldine edition.(3)

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