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LEROY, LOUIS.
Della Vicissitudine o’ Mutabile Varietà delle Cose nell’
Universo.
[32], 327
pages. 4to, 214x153 mm, 17th-century vellum boards with ink spine
title and imprint added in the 19th century, recased, endpapers renewed; some dampstain-
ing and foxing; linen folding case.
Venice: “Presso Aldo” [i. e., Aldus Manutius the Younger], 1592
[800/1,200]
Second Aldine edition after the first Aldine (and first in Italian) of 1585. Leroy’s book, “a
pioneering work on cyclical change in cultural history” (OCFL), was originally published in
1575
in French. In its final years the Aldine press was the first publishing firm to make a
regular practice of printing priced stock catalogues on spare pages in its books; one of the more
extensive of these appears on the last 3 preliminary pages of this edition, listing nearly 80
titles.Renouard pages 248(3) and 341-45;New UCLA 1016; Pollard & Ehrman, pages 161-62.
WITH
:
Burgassi, Antonio Cesare. Serie dell’Edizioni Aldine per Ordine Cronologico ed
Alfabetico. [4], 183 pages, including initial blank. 12mo, contemporary wrappers; contents
clean; uncut and largely unopened. Venice: Curti Q. Giacomo, 1791. Third edition, corrected
and enlarged, of an early Aldine bibliography originally published the year before.
