Catullus, Gaius Valerius, Albius Tibullus and Sextus Propertius. Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius. [Lyon: Ba𒁃ldazare de Gabiano or Barthél𝕴emy Trot? 1504?]

A further Lyonese counterfeit, now with the correct spelling of Propertius on the title-page, and produced after Aldo issued his monitum; at the end of the Catullus section is the letter from Girolamo Avanzi to Marin Sanudo, copied from the 1502 Aldine, which is not found in any of the other counterfeit editions (these pages are blank in the other counterfe𝐆its)ꦅ.

8vo (158 x 95 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-E⁸ F⁴ [2]A-D⁸ [2] E⁴ a-i⁸ (i7 blank): 152 leaves.

binding: Half brown crushed morocco over marbled board🉐s by Tout (164♕ x 108 mm), spine gilt in compartments, edges with traces of old gilding and gauffering.

provenance: Alexandri Lentii, early inscription on title-page — Cecil Roberts (1894-1976, author and journalist), armorial bookplate with motto "pro aris et focis" — Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 19 December 1977, lot 137. acquisition: Purchased from preceding sale via Alan G. Thomas. references: UCLA 1120 (not in collection); Renouard 307/8; D.J. Shaw, "The Lyons counterfeit of Aldus's italic type", in The Italian Book 1465-1800 (1993), appendix, no.46; USTC 130237