Lot 125
125
STATIUS. [Opere.] Venice: Aldus, 1502. 3 parts, including 'Orthographia et Flexus Dictionum Graecarum', in one volume, 8°. Full-page Aldine device on one leaf (some light staining). 19th-century calf ruled in gilt (spine faded, edges gauffered and gilt). Provenance: HENRY WALPOLE and Henry Tolley (armorial bookplates) -- loosely-inserted modern 2-page autograph letter relating to the book's issue points. Adams S-1670; Renouard p.35. First Aldine edition with the second state of the Aldine device.
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STATIUS. [Opere.] Venice: Aldus, 1502. 3 parts, including 'Orthographia et Flexus Dictionum Graecarum', in one volume, 8°. Full-page Aldine device on one leaf (some light staining). 19th-century calf ruled in gilt (spine faded, edges gauffered and gilt). Provenance: HENRY WALPOLE and Henry Tolley (armorial bookplates) -- loosely-inserted modern 2-page autograph letter relating to the book's issue points. Adams S-1670; Renouard p.35. First Aldine edition with the second state of the Aldine device.

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STATIUS. [Opere.] Venice: Aldus, 1502. 3 parts, including 'Orthographia et Flexus Dictionum Graecarum', in one volume, 8°. Full-page Aldine device on one leaf (some light staining). 19th-century calf ruled in gilt (spine faded, edges gauffered and gilt). Provenance: HENRY WALPOLE and Henry Tolley (armorial bookplates) -- loosely-inserted modern 2-page autograph letter relating to the book's issue points. Adams S-1670; Renouard p.35. First Aldine edition with the second state of the Aldine device.
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