Censorinus. Censorini De die natali liber ad Q. Caerellium ab Aldo Mannuccio, Paulli f. Aldi n. emendatus, & notis illustratus. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1581

Rare at auction.

8vo (144 x 95 mm). Italic and roman type, 28 lines plus headline. collation: (⁸ A-F⁸ G-K⁸ L⁴: 92 leaves. Woodcut portrait on title-pag💖e, woodcut headpiece and initials. (Upper margin trimmed close in places.)

binding: Red morocco gilt by Storr of Grantham (151 x 104 mm), central gilt Aldine device, spine gilt in compartments, g🌌ilt edges. (Extremities a trifle rubbed.)

provenance: Sir John Hayford Thorold, Syston Park bookplate, sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 12-19 December 1884, lot 478, 7s, to William Ridler — Mary Bryant Pratt Brandegee (1871-1956), presentation bookplate to Harvard College, and Harvard release stamps. acquisition: Purchased from David L. O'Neal, New Ipswich, 1982. references: UCLA 934; Edit16 10764; Renouard 229/5