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MARTIALIS, MARCUS VALERIUS.
[
Epigrammata.]
[192]
leaves, including
colophon leaf and final blank. 8vo, 164x100 mm, contemporary blind-tooled brown
morocco with arabesque border around center panel containing vertically arranged orna-
mental tools, rebacked, endpapers renewed; title lightly soiled, with small hole in blank
portion, minor stain on fore edges at end, Latin curse on prospective book thieves on verso
of colophon leaf in an early hand, upper outer corner off final blank; blue edges.
(
Venice: House of Aldus, December 1501)
[2,500/3,500]
FIRST ALDINE EDITION
.
Renouard, page 30(7); New UCLA 47.
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MARTIALIS, MARCUS VALERIUS.
[
Epigrammata.]
190, [2]
leaves, including
colophon leaf and final leaf with Aldine device on verso. 8vo, 157x92 mm, later 17th-cen-
tury calf gilt, top of spine chipped; title dusty, with faded inscriptions, underscoring and
marginalia on a few leaves.
(
Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, December 1517)
[1,000/2,000]
Second Aldine edition. Renouard, page 81(1); New UCLA 161.
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MEDICI, LORENZO DE’.
Poesie Volgari nuovamenta stampata . . . Col
commento del medesimo sopra alcuni de’ suoi sonetti.
205 [
i. e., 201], [3] pages,
including final leaf with Aldine device on verso, without leaves 109-112 as usual. 8vo,
148
x90 mm, 17th-century gilt panelled red morocco, joints restored at top and bottom;
title soiled, occasional minor marginal soiling and light stains; gilt edges. Signatures of
George H. Powell dated 1891, and the historian Frederick York Powell (1850-1904) dated
1892.
Venice: (House of the Sons of Aldus), 1554
[4,000/6,000]
FIRST EDITION
and
ONLY ALDINE EDITION
of a collection of verse by the Florentine states-
man Lorenzo de’ Medici (“the Magnificent,” 1449-92), who was also an accomplished and
prolific poet; second issue, like almost all copies, with gathering O reset in 4 leaves (as called for
in the register), omitting 5 canzoni. ”His self-conscious reflection upon his own literary output
is also revealed in his Comento . . . which also yields precious autobiographical data” (OCIL).
Renouard, page 162(23); New UCLA 473.5; Gamba 648.
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