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ASCONIUS PEDIANUS, Quintus. Commentarii in Orationes Ciceronis [and other works]. Edited by Hieronymus Squarzaficus. Venice: Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, [after 2 June 1477].
Chancery 2° (295 x 195mm.). a10 b6 c-g8 (a1 register, Asconius); a8 b10 c8 d6 (Georgius Trapezuntius De artificio Ciceronianae oriationis); a-d10.8 e8 f6 g-l8 m6 (a1 blank, Antonius Luscus Inquisitio super xi. orationes Ciceronis, Siccus Polentonus Argumenta super aliquot orationibus et investivis Ciceronis, Squarzaficus Epistola ad Antonium Serachum). 184 leaves, Type 8*:109R (text), De Spira type: 110Gk (a few works), 33-36 lines, printed guide letters (slightly browned). Early 18th-century gilt-panelled russia by Thomas Elliott for the Earl of Oxford (Elliot roll 5 [crest and fleur-de-lys] and Elliott tool 5 [without the floral top]), spine gilt in compartments (slightly scuffed, corners bumped). Provenance: Marius Maffeius Volaterranus (1464-1537, Bishop of Aquino) (inscription); Harleian Library (binding and pressmark); Gerard and Johannes Meerman (sale in The Hgue, Luchtmans and others, 16 June 1824, lot 83, 60fl.); Estelle Doheny (morocco booklabel; sale New York, 22 October 1987, lot 95).
FIRST EDITION taken from an ancient manuscript found in 1416 by Poggio Bracciolini in the monastic library of St. Gallen. HC 1886*; GW 2739; BMC v-232; IGI 918; Goff A-1154.
Chancery 2° (295 x 195mm.). a10 b6 c-g8 (a1 register, Asconius); a8 b10 c8 d6 (Georgius Trapezuntius De artificio Ciceronianae oriationis); a-d10.8 e8 f6 g-l8 m6 (a1 blank, Antonius Luscus Inquisitio super xi. orationes Ciceronis, Siccus Polentonus Argumenta super aliquot orationibus et investivis Ciceronis, Squarzaficus Epistola ad Antonium Serachum). 184 leaves, Type 8*:109R (text), De Spira type: 110Gk (a few works), 33-36 lines, printed guide letters (slightly browned). Early 18th-century gilt-panelled russia by Thomas Elliott for the Earl of Oxford (Elliot roll 5 [crest and fleur-de-lys] and Elliott tool 5 [without the floral top]), spine gilt in compartments (slightly scuffed, corners bumped). Provenance: Marius Maffeius Volaterranus (1464-1537, Bishop of Aquino) (inscription); Harleian Library (binding and pressmark); Gerard and Johannes Meerman (sale in The Hgue, Luchtmans and others, 16 June 1824, lot 83, 60fl.); Estelle Doheny (morocco booklabel; sale New York, 22 October 1987, lot 95).
FIRST EDITION taken from an ancient manuscript found in 1416 by Poggio Bracciolini in the monastic library of St. Gallen. HC 1886*; GW 2739; BMC v-232; IGI 918; Goff A-1154.