Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius. Catullus, et in eum commentarius M. Antonii Mureti. Ab eodem correcti, & scholiis illustrati, Tibullus, et Propertius (Tibullus. M. Antonii Mureti in eum scholia; Sex. Propertius. M. Antonii Mureti in eum scholia). Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1562

[bound with:] Tibullus cum commentario Achillis Statii Lusitani. Rome: [Paolo Manuzio], 1567

A reprint of the 1558 Muret edition of the elegiac poets (see lots 282 and 283), bound with another commentary on Tibullus by Aquiles Es💎taço🧸 (first published by Paolo Manuzio in 1566).

2 works in one volume, 8vo (147 x 100 mm). Italic text, 29 lines plus headline. collation: Catullus: A-T⁸ a-g⁸ [2]A-M⁸: 304 leaves (last leaf blank). Tibullus: A-S⁸: 144 leaves (last lea💫f blank). Woodcut Aldine🌄 devices on title-pages.

binding: Contemporary Parisian smooth calf with gilt arabesque oval centerpiece with double gilt fillet border (154 x 107 mm), flat spine richly gilt, gilt edges, small gilt armorial of the Duke of Sutherland on lower cover [British Armorial Bindings stamp 6]. (Both joints cracked, upper joint weak, s൲pine slightly chipped and creased, corners rubbed.)

provenance: Note of purchase on flyleaf dated 1612 (mostly obscured) — Ex bibliotheca P[--] P.P.et d T., inscription on title- page (partly erased) — George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833), armorial bookplate and small armorial stamp on lower cover, [possibly Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 29-31 October 1913, lot 60, "old calf...gilt"]. acquisition: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1995. references: UCLA 670 &am🍃p; 781; Edit16 10366 𒁃& 53992; Renouard 187/19 & 203/10