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PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Gaius Caecilius. Epistolarum libri X, and other works. Venice: Aldine Press, June 1518. 8 (159 x 95mm). Italic type. Aldine device 2a, repeated on final verso, 30 lines and headline, initial spaces with guide-letter. (Without 2 blanks 4*3-4, occasional very light spotting.) 19th-century polished calf, gilt spine, marbled edges (one spine label chipped away). Second Aldine edition, reprinted from the 1508 edition with the addition of indexes. Adams P-1538; Renouard Alde, 82:1.
VALERIUS FLACCUS, Caius. Argonautica. - Joannes Baptista PIUS. Carmen ex quarto Argonauticon Apollinii. - ORPHEUS. Argonautica. Venice: Aldine Press, May 1523. 8 (155 x 96mm). Italic type. Aldine device 5a on title and final verso, 30 lines, initial spaces with guide-letter. (Devices traced onto blank versos, small hole in title.) 18th-century tree calf gilt (rubbed, splits at front hinge, head of spine worn). Provenance: Jo. Bapt. Ricchi(?) (early inscription washed from title verso). Adams V-77; Renouard Alde 97:3. (2)
VALERIUS FLACCUS, Caius. Argonautica. - Joannes Baptista PIUS. Carmen ex quarto Argonauticon Apollinii. - ORPHEUS. Argonautica. Venice: Aldine Press, May 1523. 8 (155 x 96mm). Italic type. Aldine device 5a on title and final verso, 30 lines, initial spaces with guide-letter. (Devices traced onto blank versos, small hole in title.) 18th-century tree calf gilt (rubbed, splits at front hinge, head of spine worn). Provenance: Jo. Bapt. Ricchi(?) (early inscription washed from title verso). Adams V-77; Renouard Alde 97:3. (2)