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GREEK ANTHOLOGY -- Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum in septem libros , in Greek. Venice: sons of Aldus, 1550 [colophon 1551]. 8 (160 x 94mm). Greek type of two sizes. Printer's device 5a on title, repeated on final verso. 19th-century red morocco gilt by C. Hardy, edges marbled and gilt (slight cracks in front joint). Third, most correct, Aldine edition. The main text reprints the 1521 edition, which incorporated Aldo's and Asolano's notes, but it is substantially more correct. The final 12 leaves are printed with a new Greek type, slightly larger than the older Aldine version. Renouard Alde , 148:7. MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius (c.40-c.104). Epigrammata . Venice: Aldine Press, December 1517. 8 (147 x 87mm). Italic type. Aldine device on title. (Lacking final leaf with repeated device.) Provenance : title inscriptions ('Lescurius', Rome, March 1580; another erased). Second Aldine edition. Renouard Alde , 81:11. (2)