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Aldine imprint] - STATIUS, Publius Papinius - Sylvarum libri V. Achilleidos libri XII. [!]. Thebaidos libri II. [!]. Orthographia et flexus dictionum graecarum (...). Venice, Heirs of A. Manutius & A. Torresani, January 1519, 8vo, 17th-c. vellum, flat spine titled in ink, blue edges, 294-[2] ff. (title stained and underlaid, inner margin 1st ff. stained, blank lower margin of last f. repaired). Good copy.
Repr. of the 1502 Aldine ed. of the Roman epic poet, printed in the famous italic type. Aldine device on title and at the end. Mod. bookpl. Elise & Karl Seiffert . Libr. stamps. Ref. Edit16 53846. Renouard 88:12. Ahmanson-Murphy 175. Kallendorf/Wells 169. Adams S-1672.