Catullus, Gaius Valerius, Albius Tibullus and Sextus Propertius. Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius. (Venice: in the house🍒 of Aldo Manuzio and Andrea Torresano, March 1515)

Second A🍌ldine edition ꧙with revisions by the editor, Girolamo Avanzi.

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, small wormhole in gutter at start of vol൲ume.)

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 cove꧑r 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;꧒ Cataꦡldi Palau 2; Edit16 10358; Renouard 70/1