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CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS.
De philosophia . . . cum scholiis Pauli
Manutii.
286, [46]; 258, [34]
leaves. 2 volumes in one. 8vo, 141x92 mm, contemporary
Venetian calf gilt with outer frame of fillets and azured scroll tools and fleurons around
panel with azured arabesque tool in corners and centerpiece formed by 4 impressions of
the corner tool, expertly rebacked retaining original backstrip with gilt-lettered title and
imprint added in the 19th century, ties lacking; few gatherings browned or dampstained,
minor stains on first title and next 2 leaves, dark stain in outer margin of approximately 20
leaves toward end; gilt edges, richly gauffered to strapwork design.
Venice: [Paulus Manutius], 1560
[2,000/3,000]
Sixth Aldine edition, in a handsome contemporary Venetian binding. Renouard, page 180(5);
New UCLA 617.
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CICERO, MARCO TULLIUS.
Orationum pars I[-III]. Cum correctionibus
Pauli Manutii.
312; 348; 296 [
i. e., 304] leaves. 3 volumes. 8vo, 154x100 mm, contempo-
rary limp vellum with calligraphic spine titles in ink, thong ties, top portion of Volume 2
spine expertly restored; light stain on Volume 1 title, contents otherwise generally clean.
Ownership inscriptions of Giovanni Maria Pietralata dated 1673, Aldine motto (Festina
Lente) in his(?) hand on titles.
Venice: [Paulus Manutius], 1562
[1,500/2,500]
Seventh Aldine edition of Cicero’s orations. Renouard, page 187(14); New UCLA 665.
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CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS.) Manutius, Paulus.
In M. Tullii Ciceronis ora-
tiones . . . commentarius
[
with full text of the Orations]. Woodcut portrait of Aldus
Manutius the Elder on each title, and portrait of Paulus Manutius on verso of first title. [8],
319, [73]; [8], 312, [50] (
of [52]); 382, [8], 382, [68] (of [70]) pages; lacks blank f6 in second
volume and blank 3B4 in the third. 3 volumes. Folio, 318-320x212 mm, modern green
morocco panelled in blind; contents unobtrusively washed, title and next leaf browned in
Volume 2, light dampstain in outer margin of last several leaves in Volume 3.
Venice: Aldus, 1578-79
[1,000/2,000]
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION
of the commentaries by Manutius, together with the text of the
Orations. Renouard, pages 225(3), 226(4); New UCLA 907, 911.
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