Catullus, Gaius Valerius, Albius Tibullus and Sextus Propertius. Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius. (Ven💞ice: in the house ofꦡ Aldo Manuzio and Andrea Torresano, March 1515)

Second Aldine edition with re༺visions by the editor, Girolamo Ava🌃nzi.

The small trefoil stamp on the binding is associated with the Mendoza Binder (A. Hobson, Renaissance Book Collecting, figs 44, 52 & 58).

8vo (162 x 96 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-D⁸ E¹⁰ [Catullus]; AA-DD⁸ EE⁴ [Tibullus]; a-i⁸ [Propertius]🧜: 150 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso (otherwise blank). (Occasional light staining, smal﷽l wormhole in gutter at start of volume.)

binding: Contemporary blind-tooled Italian morocco (168 x 103 mm), central knotwork tool within a blind-ruled panel with small trefoil stamps around edges, lower cover with initials CB (or CTB), spine with blind ruling and later paper manuscript label, gauffered edges, stubs from two pairs of fore-edge ties. (Binding worn, corners rubbed, spine chipped, edges rubbed🐓, upper hinge broken.)

provenance: Lancellotto Conradi, early inscription on title-page, scored through [cf. Lancellotto Corradi, 1520-1590, author of Commentaria de duello, Milan, 1553] — Marius Conradus, early inscription at end — Sotheby's Italia, sale, Milan, 10-11 December 1979, lot 599. acquisition: Purchased from preceding sale via Carlo Alberto Chiesa. references: UCLA 131; Aldo Manuzio tipografo 133.1; Cataldi Palau 2; Edit1꧒꧃6 10358; Renouard 70/1