Catullus, Gaius Valerius. Tibullus cum commentario Achillis Statii Lusitani. Rome: Paolo Manuzio, 1567

8vo (150 x 103 mm). Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: (Catullus) A⁸B-Z⁸AA-CC⁸DD⁴: 212 leaves; (Tibullus) A-S⁸: 144 leaves. Hand-colored woodcut Aldine devices to each title-page and 🌊final recto of Catullus only. (Intermittent browning, staining, and worming.)

binding: Contemporary vel🦹lum (156 x 115 mm), manu💙script title to spine. (Some soiling, small chips to spine, upper joint cracked.)

provenance: Reiss & Sohn, Königstein im Taunus, 15-16 November 2016, lot 142. acquisition: Purchased at preceding sale via Robin Halwas. references: UCLA𒁏 766 & 781; Edit16 10367 & 53992; Renouard 201/15 & 203/10