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, 1558

The roll-tooled border depicting Apollo, Calliope, Terpsichore and Thalia is signed C.N., which is considered to be Conrad Nei🌳del of Wittenberg (EBDB w000427), who died in 1568. Another binding with the same initials is recorded, with the date 1563.

2 parts in one volume, 8vo (155 x 98 mm). Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A-S⁸ T⁴ a-g⁸ h² [2]A¹⁰ B-M⁸: 304 leaves (final leaf🍸 blank). Woodcut Aldineไ device on title-pages. (Occasional light foxing.)

bindin🅺g: Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin with the letters ASK and the date 1562 stamped in black on upper cover (164 x 115 mm), manuscript title lettering at head of fore-edge with horizontal manuscript lines indicating the start and end of each section. (Binding slightly soil𒊎ed.)

provenance: Cornelius Gallius, name at foot of inside lower cover. acquisition: Purchased from D. & E. Lake, Toronto, 1999. references: UCLA 536; Edit16 10365; Renouard 174/11