Beschreibung:

Curtius Rufus, Quintus. Quintus Cutius [sic]. (Venice: heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, July 1520)
A large paper copy of the first state, with the misspelling of "Cutius" on the title-page. The text used for this edition was defective so sections were left blank for the text to be inserted at a later stage, if found. At three points in this copy, some of the missing text has been added in manuscript in an early hand. Aldine octavos from the April 1501 Virgil on were printed on “narrow” Median paper stocks specially commissioned by Aldus, resulting in more slender lead proportions than ordinary octavos. The large-paper issues, which still have not been extensively documented, were printed on Royal sheets, which produced enormous lower margins on all eight leaves. Buyers not infrequently had their binders cut down these margins to more conventional size, so that the use of Royal paper is not evident in many copies.
Royal 8vo (186 x 95 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: *8; a-x8 y4: 180 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso (otherwise blank). Manuscript list of Latin terms with Spanish explanations on second flyleaf. (First and last few leaves slightly stained, small hole in e1.)
provenance: Various early inscriptions on title-page, mostly crossed through, including "Ex libris Argenti" and "Castroponce" — Don Fernando de Luján y Osorio (first duque de Castroponce, who served in Milan in the 1660s), inscription on flyleaf dated 18 December 1695 — Dr L. Osler, Konstanz, ink stamp on flyleaf. acquisition: Purchased from E.K. Schreiber, New York, 2002. references: UCLA 186 (not in collection); Cataldi Palau 53; Edit16 13880; Renouard 88/1; Conor Fahy, "Royal paper copies of Aldine editions, 1494-1550", Studies in Bibliography 57 (2005-2006), 85-113, appendix, no. 10 (this copy)