Catullus, Gaius Valerius, Albius Tibullus, Sextus Propertius. Catullus. Tibullus. Propetius [sic]. [Lyon: Baldazare de Gabiano? 1502-1503?]

Another copy of the Lyonese coun▨terfeit of the 1502 Aldine edition, a line-for-line copy including the error on t🍌he title-page and the end title.

8vo (162 x 100 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-E⁸ F⁴ [2]A-D⁸ [2]E⁴ G-P⁸ (F3-4 and P7 blank): 152 leav꧙es. (Without blank P7, dampstained, wormhole at head of last few quires, first few leaves frayed at head.)

binding: Contemporary brown morocco with blind-tooled border (166 x 104 mm), later gilt lettering GR | CATULUS | TIBULUS | PROPERC | GR on both covers, edges gilt and gauffered with later lettering along edges, stubs from four pairs of🦩 ties. (Upper hinge broken, first quire almost detached, binding wo🔜rn at edges, gilt edges rubbed.)

provenance: G.R., initials on binding — Ex libris Dominici Arrighi, inscription on flyleaf — Graham Pollard (1903-1976) — Bonham's, London, 2 October 2012 (including Pollard's books), lot 21. acquisition: Purchased from preceding sale via Robin Halwas.