Auction Closed
October 18, 08:42 PM GMT
Estimate
400 - 600 USD
Lot Details
Description
Herodianus Syrus. Herodiani Historiarum lib. VIII Graece pariter et Latine [Greek anꩲd Latin]. Venice: Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & ౠAndrea Torresano, September 1524
A second copy.
8vo (159 x 100 mm). Greek and italic types, 30 lines plus headline. collation: π4 (-π 3,4) Α-Λ8 Μ4 1-118 1210: 192 (of 194) leaves (lacking blanks π3,4). Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and 12 10v, numerous 3-, 6-, and 7-line initial spaces with guide-letters, some marginalia to Latin text. (First and last pages soiled, upper fore-edge corners dampstained, mostly confined to Latin text.🔴)
binding: Modern decorative boards (167 x 112 mm), y♛ellow endpapers, early blue-speckled edges.
provenance: Unidentified owner, marginalia (cropped in places). acquisition: Purchased from House of El Dieff Inc., New York, 1972. references: UCLA 227; Adams H377; Cataldi Palau 9﷽3; Edit16 22651; Ren🍸ouard 98/2; USTC 835660