PONTANO, Giovanni Gioviano. Opera omnia. Venice: Aldine Press, June 1518-September 1519. 4° (203 x 125mm). Woodcut anchor device on title of vol.I and at end of vol.II, all blanks present (light dampstaining in lower margins of last quire in vol.I) otherwise a GOOD COPY in 17th-century sprinkled sheep (spines and extremities worn). Provenance: Giovanni Battista Rasario (1517-1578), doctor, philosopher, commentator on Porphyry, Alexander Aphrodisiensis, Ammonius, Galen and others, and author of an oration celebrating the victory at Lepanto (signature on titles).

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PONTANO, Giovanni Gioviano. Opera omnia. Venice: Aldine Press, June 1518-September 1519. 4° (203 x 125mm). Woodcut anchor device on title of vol.I and at end of vol.II, all blanks present (light dampstaining in lower margins of last quire in vol.I) otherwise a GOOD COPY in 17th-century sprinkled sheep (spines and extremities worn). Provenance: Giovanni Battista Rasario (1517-1578), doctor, philosopher, commentator on Porphyry, Alexander Aphrodisiensis, Ammonius, Galen and others, and author of an oration celebrating the victory at Lepanto (signature on titles).

Third Aldine edition of the great Neapolitan humanist's prose works. Adams P1860; Renouard 82/3, 87/6 & 87/7 (3)

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