Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius. Catullus, et in eum commentarius M. Antonii Mureti ab eodem correcti, & scholiis illustrati, Tibullus, et Propertius. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1558

A handsome Wittenberg binding, plausibly by Hans Cantzler (EBDB w00ღ3993, died 1580).

Parts 1 and 2 (only, of 3). 8vo (148 x 100 mm). Italic and roman type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A-S⁸ T⁴ a-g⁸ h²: 2ꦏ06 leaves (for parts 1-2 only). Woodcut Aldine device to each title-page and final verso, early manuscript annotations. (Some foxing.)

binding: Wittenberg bi༺nding dated 1560 (162 x 112 mm), blind-stamped pigskin over beveled wooden boards, central panel stamps depicting Justice (front) and Lucretia (back), each initialed "HC" and one dated 1554, roll-tooled borders of medallion portraits and armorials ♛initialed "HK" and dated 1550, owner's initials IAKB stamped in black on upper cover with the date 1560, spine blind-tooled in compartments, traces of label on spine. (A trifle soiled and rubbed, lacking clasps.)

provenance: IAKB, initials on binding — Johannes Saubertus, 1638-1688 (signature to front pastedown) — Henry William Poor (1844-1915), bookplate to front pastedown, sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, 17-19 November 1908, lot 43 — Century Association, New York, bookplate, sale, Swann Galleries, 21 October 1982, lot 23. acquisition: Purchased from preceding sale via Lathrop C. Harper. references: UCLA 536; Edit16 10365; Renouard 174/11