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MEDICI ANTIQUI OMNES, qui Latinis literis diversorum morborum
genera & remedia persecute sunt.
[12], 317 [
i. e., 318] leaves. Ruled in red throughout.
Folio, 318x222 mm, early 19th-century
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red straight-grain morocco, bottom of spine
chipped, moderate wear to cover edges; light soiling on title and elsewhere, blank upper
outer corner of B2 torn and restored, few marginalia toward end.
Venice: (Sons of Aldus), 1547
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of a collection of works by ancient Roman medical authors. Renouard,
page 140(2); New UCLA 368; Choulant, Handbuch, page 408; Durling 3050; Garrison-
Morton 54.
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MELA, POMPONIUS; et al.
Pomponius Mela. Julius Solinus. Itinerarium
Antonini Aug. Vibius Sequester. P. Victor de regionibus urbis Romae. Dionysius
Afer de situ orbis.
233, [3]
leaves, including blank q8, colophon leaf, penultimate blank,
and final leaf with Aldine device on verso. 8vo, 161x99 mm, contemporary Italian
(
Venetian?) blind-tooled brown goatskin over pasteboard with border of repeated
arabesque tool enclosing center panel with fleuron in corners and center lozenge formed
by 4 impressions of the corner tool, spine faded, with slight damage at top, ties lacking;
contents clean, early owner’s inscription on front free endpaper; blue edges. Stamp of
Beniamino Stumpo of Ferrara.
(
Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, October 1518)
[1,500/2,500]
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of a compilation of ancient Roman writings on geography and
cosmography.
Renouard, page 83(6); New UCLA 180.
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