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De philosophia.
[8], 251, [5]; 214, [2]
leaves,
including blanks f8 and I4-6 in first volume, and penultimate colophon leaf and final leaf
with Aldine device in both. 2 volumes. 8vo, early 19th-century
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4
roan gilt, marbled
boards, paper partly worn through on covers; Volume 1 title reinforced along fore edge on
verso, few insignificant marginal dampstains; blue edges. Unidentified 19th-century armor-
ial bookplates with motto “Fuimus” and monogram HKB.
(
Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, May-August 1523)
[1,500/2,500]
FIRST ALDINE EDITION
.
Renouard, page 97(4-5); New UCLA 222, 225.
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Opera.
288; [16], 288; 340 [
i. e., 640], [6]; 416;
450, [2]; 158, [100]
pages. 5 volumes bound in 2. Folio, 379x250 mm, 17th-century citron
morocco gilt-tooled to panel design, spines richly gilt with morocco lettering pieces, slight
wear to spine ends, joints starting; light soiling on titles; red edges.
WIDE
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MARGINED SET
.
Paris: Robertus Stephanus, 1539-39-38-38-38
[3,000/4,000]
FIRST ESTIENNE EDITION
of the collected writings of Cicero, edited with commentary by
Pietro Vettori. Renouard I, 48(8); not in Schreiber. From the libraries of Charles Spencer
(1674-1722),
third Earl of Sunderland, with his shelfmark and later Althorp bookplate (sale,
Puttick & Simpson, 17 April 1882, lot 2856); and the Anglo-Jewish lawyer and historian
Henry Straus Quixano Henriques (1866-1925), with his large calligraphic ownership inscrip-
tion on the front flyleaf in Volume 1.
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