CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B.C.). Le pistole. Fatte volgari da M. Matteao Senarega. Venice: Aldine Press, 1555. Aldine 8. (177 x 110mm). Woodcut printer's device on title-page and on last leaf. (Last two leaves with small restoration touching one letter). 19th-century morocco with the Aldine signet centrally placed on covers, g.e. (rubbed). Provenance: 2nd Earl of Powis (1785-1848, signature on front fly-leaf). Very nice and extremely wide-margined copy. Powis acquired the book from the collection of Samuel Butler, who succeeded in building up a nearly perfect set of Aldines based on the Renouard collection. Adams C-1985; Renouard Alde 164, 4.

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CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B.C.). Le pistole. Fatte volgari da M. Matteao Senarega. Venice: Aldine Press, 1555. Aldine 8. (177 x 110mm). Woodcut printer's device on title-page and on last leaf. (Last two leaves with small restoration touching one letter). 19th-century morocco with the Aldine signet centrally placed on covers, g.e. (rubbed). Provenance: 2nd Earl of Powis (1785-1848, signature on front fly-leaf). Very nice and extremely wide-margined copy. Powis acquired the book from the collection of Samuel Butler, who succeeded in building up a nearly perfect set of Aldines based on the Renouard collection. Adams C-1985; Renouard Alde 164, 4.

M. Fabius QUINTILIANUS. Institutionum oratoriarum libri XII. Venice: Aldine Press, 1522. 4 (207 x 127mm). With woodcut printer's device on title-page and on last leaf, colophon dated 1521. (Some occasional notes in ink, some spotting.) Later vellum. Adams Q-56; Renouard Alde 93, 14.

CATULLUS, TIBULLUS, and PROPERTIUS. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1502. 8 (158 x 95mm). Later vellum (bumped). Adams C-1138; Renouard 39, 16. (3)

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