Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quintum fratrem, multorum locorum correctione illustratae, cum suis Commentariis separatim impressis, auctore Paulo Manutio Aldi filio. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, (October) 1551
See previous lot for another volume from the same set of Cicero's works.
8vo (162 x 102 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-Z8 AA-VV8 XX4: 348 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso (otherwise blank).
binding: Contemporary limp vellum gilt (170 x 107 mm), flat spine gilt, gilt edge, stubs from two pairs of ties, manuscript fragment in binding. (Upper hinge broken, binding slightly soiled, lower corner of upper cover slightly defective, one flyleaf at front of volume torn away.)
provenance: Early inscription on title-page, "P. Terrassina" — note in Greek on inside lower cover stating that the book belongs to Stephanos — John Rutherfurd (1748-1834), of Edgerston, printed booklabel — sale, Sotheby's, Hodgson's rooms, 22-23 April 1971, lot 334 (with 4 other uniformly-bound volumes from a set of Cicero). acquisition: Purchased from preceding sale. references: Edit16 12303; Renouard 152/11; UCLA 408
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quintum fratrem, multorum locorum correctione illustratae, cum suis Commentariis separatim impressis, auctore Paulo Manutio Aldi filio. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, (October) 1551
See previous lot for another volume from the same set of Cicero's works.
8vo (162 x 102 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-Z8 AA-VV8 XX4: 348 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso (otherwise blank).
binding: Contemporary limp vellum gilt (170 x 107 mm), flat spine gilt, gilt edge, stubs from two pairs of ties, manuscript fragment in binding. (Upper hinge broken, binding slightly soiled, lower corner of upper cover slightly defective, one flyleaf at front of volume torn away.)
provenance: Early inscription on title-page, "P. Terrassina" — note in Greek on inside lower cover stating that the book belongs to Stephanos — John Rutherfurd (1748-1834), of Edgerston, printed booklabel — sale, Sotheby's, Hodgson's rooms, 22-23 April 1971, lot 334 (with 4 other uniformly-bound volumes from a set of Cicero). acquisition: Purchased from preceding sale. references: Edit16 12303; Renouard 152/11; UCLA 408
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