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RAPICIUS, JOVITA [i. e.,
RAVIZZA, GIOVITA].
De numero
oratorio libri quinque.
56, 20
leaves.
Folio, 315x203 mm, contemporary limp
vellum, remnants of thong ties; contents
clean.
Venice: (House of Paulus Manutius), 1554
[1,500/2,500]
FIRST EDITION
of a treatise on rhetorical prose
rhythm, dedicated to Cardinal Reginald Pole.
Renouard, page 159(9); New UCLA 464.
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SALLUST IUS CRI SPUS,
CAIUS.
De coniuratione Catilinae
[
and other texts]. [8], 142, [2] leaves,
including penultimate blank and final leaf
with Aldine device on verso. 8vo,
158
x100 mm, 17th(?)-century limp vel-
lum with early 19th-century leather
lettering piece; light marginal dampstain-
ing on title and at end with slight traces of
mold on last few leaves. 19th-century
armorial bookplate of Sir Francis L. H.
Goodricke, Bart.
(
Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of
Asola, January 1521)
[1,000/2,000]
Second Aldine edition after the first Aldine of
1509.
Renouard, page 93(16);New UCLA 194.
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SENECA, LUCIUS ANNAEUS.
Tragoediae.
[4], 207, [5]
leaves. 8vo, 143x87
mm, 18th-century vellum boards with chipped morocco lettering piece; occasional light
marginal dampstaining, minor spotting on title; red edges. Early signature of Joannes
Terzius on title and last page.
(
Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, October 1517)
[1,000/2,000]
ONLY ALDINE EDITION
.
Renouard, page 80(4); New UCLA 155.
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SILIUS ITALICUS, CAIUS.
De bello Punico secundo XVII libri.
210, [2]
leaves, including colophon leaf and final leaf with Aldine device on verso. 8vo, 160x99
mm, 18th-century red morocco gilt with green morocco lettering piece, spine darkened;
occasional early underscoring, old ownership inscription on title and annotations on rear
endleaf. Armorial bookplate of Parker of Park Hall.
(
Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, July 1523)
[800/1,200]
ONLY ALDINE EDITION
of a 1st-century A.D. epic on the Second Punic War. Renouard,
page 98(6); New UCLA 223.
