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LUCRETIUS CARUS, TITUS.
[
De rerum natura.]
Edited by Andrea
Navagero. [8], 125, [3] leaves, including blank *8, colophon leaf, penultimate blank, and
final leaf with Aldine device on verso. 8vo, 152x92 mm, 20th-century vellum; light mar-
ginal dampstain on title; cloth slipcase. Bookplate of Giorgio di Veroli (sale, Parke-Bernet,
28
February 1956, lot 529).
(
Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, January 1515)
[800/1,200]
Sixth edition of De rerum natura, the second Aldine, and the first edited by Navagero; the first
Aldine was printed in 1500. This was the last book published by Aldus Manutius the Elder,
who died on 6 February 1515. Renouard, page 74(11); New UCLA 130; Gordon 6.
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MACROBIUS, AMBROSIUS THEODOSIUS.
In somnium Scipionis . . .
explanatio
[
and other texts]. Woodcut zonal world map on k5r. [16], 322, [2] leaves,
including penultimate blank and final leaf with Aldine device on verso. 8vo, 158x95 mm,
17
th-century sheep with large gilt municipal arms of Montpellier on covers, ties lacking;
minor stains and early ownership inscription on title. Inscription dated 1634 on front free
end paper by the recipient of this copy as a school prize.
(
Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, April 1528)
[2,000/3,000]
ONLY ALDINE EDITION
of an early 5th century A.D. treatise on Neoplatonic philosophy in
the form of a commentary on Cicero’s Somnium Scipionis, with extensive incidental remarks on
cosmology and the sciences. Also included are the Saturnalia by Macrobius, a dialogue among
distinguished Romans on various subjects set at a banquet during the Saturnalian festival; and
De die natali by Censorinus, on miscellaneous topics relating to conception, birth, and chronol-
ogy. Renouard, page 105(2); New UCLA 251; DSB IX, 1; Olivier 2468.
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