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January 1502/03 - February 1503
OVID. Fasti -De tristibus -Epistulae ex Ponto. Ed. Aldo Manuzio. Aldine 8° (164 x 94mm). PRINTED ON VELLUM. Collation: aaa-kkk8 lll6 (aaa1r title Publii Ovidii Nasonis, quae hoc in libello continentur. Fastorum Libri VI. De Tristibus Libri V. De Ponto Libri IIII, woodcut dolphin-and-anchor device Fletcher no. 2, aaa1v dedication, aaa2r-lll5r Fasti, lll5v device 2 and colophon Venetiis Aldi Romani Academeia Mense Ianuario MDII, lll6 blank); mmm-sss8 ttt6 (De tristibus); uuu-zzz AAA-CCC8 (De Ponto, CCC8r colophon Venetijs in Academia Aldi Mense Febr. MDIII, CCC8v device Fletcher no. 3). 204 leaves. Italic type 1:80. 30 lines and headline.
PREFACE: Marin Sanudo the younger (1466-1536), Venetian senator, pupil of Giorgio Merula at San Marco School, commentator of Ovid's Metamorphoses, collector of manuscripts and inscriptions, was the dedicatee of all three volumes in the Aldine series of Ovid's works. Although only the first six books of the Fasti have survived the ravages of time, Aldus knows that Sanudo will be pleased to find six previously unpublished verses in bk. 6. They had been provided to him for the edition by the learned Latin and Greek scholar Francesco Roscio from a very ancient codex. [Fasti VI, verses 271-76 are contained in a minority of manuscripts and their authenticity is not considered certain, see F. Bömer's 1958 Ovid ed.] He adds to this volume the five books of sad elegies and four more books written in exile from the Black Sea, which Marin -- exceedingly busy as he is with matters of state -- will nevertheless want to read.
BINDING: fine gold-tooled red morocco in the 'Harleian' style, not before 1725, by THOMAS ELLIOTT, fleur-de-lis and crest roll on sides (Nixon pl. 14 r. 5), central ornament formed by small tools (including Nixon pl. 15 t. 2, 10, 15), spine decorated and lettered in compartments, floral roll on turn-ins, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. PROVENANCE: 16th-century Italian owner's entry erased from the top of the title-page (only ascenders visible); Dr. Conyers Middleton (1683-1750, Protobibliothecarius of University Library, Cambridge), bought on his visit to Italy in 1724-25 (Wanley Diary ed. Wright p. 335) and sold to; Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (binding, Cat. Bibl. Harl. 18400); Gerard and Johannes Meerman (The Hague, 18th June 1824, cat. II p. 128, lot 648, Dfl. 325, one of the highest prices in the auction sale); Rev. Theodore Williams (sale April 1827, #38 10s); George Hibbert (1829 sale, #37 16s); 2nd Earl of Powis (1785-1848), inscription, his Aldine collection sold at auction as one lot to; Messrs. Bernard Quaritch 1929, Catalogue of a most important collection of publications of the Aldine Press 1494-1595 p. 20 (also listed in the preface among "the more notable books in the collection")
FIRST ALDINE EDITION of these Ovidian texts. The two other volumes in the series of Ovid's works had appeared the previous October and December respectively, containing the Metamorphoses, Heroides, Ars. Amatoria and other poems; Aldus sold them as a set as well as individually. VELLUM COPIES ARE OF EXTREME RARITY. Apart from the illuminated Paris-Spencer set in Manchester, Rylands Library, and Consul Smith's vol. 2 in the British Library, no other copies printed on vellum appear to be recorded. IN VERY FINE BIBLIOPHILE CONDITION and with a most distinguished provenance. Isaac 12789; Adams O-425; Van Praet Vélins bibl. publ. II, 119; Dionisotti & Orlandi XLV; Murphy 54; Sansoviniana 78; Laurenziana 72; R 38:14
OVID. Fasti -De tristibus -Epistulae ex Ponto. Ed. Aldo Manuzio. Aldine 8° (164 x 94mm). PRINTED ON VELLUM. Collation: aaa-kkk8 lll6 (aaa1r title Publii Ovidii Nasonis, quae hoc in libello continentur. Fastorum Libri VI. De Tristibus Libri V. De Ponto Libri IIII, woodcut dolphin-and-anchor device Fletcher no. 2, aaa1v dedication, aaa2r-lll5r Fasti, lll5v device 2 and colophon Venetiis Aldi Romani Academeia Mense Ianuario MDII, lll6 blank); mmm-sss8 ttt6 (De tristibus); uuu-zzz AAA-CCC8 (De Ponto, CCC8r colophon Venetijs in Academia Aldi Mense Febr. MDIII, CCC8v device Fletcher no. 3). 204 leaves. Italic type 1:80. 30 lines and headline.
PREFACE: Marin Sanudo the younger (1466-1536), Venetian senator, pupil of Giorgio Merula at San Marco School, commentator of Ovid's Metamorphoses, collector of manuscripts and inscriptions, was the dedicatee of all three volumes in the Aldine series of Ovid's works. Although only the first six books of the Fasti have survived the ravages of time, Aldus knows that Sanudo will be pleased to find six previously unpublished verses in bk. 6. They had been provided to him for the edition by the learned Latin and Greek scholar Francesco Roscio from a very ancient codex. [Fasti VI, verses 271-76 are contained in a minority of manuscripts and their authenticity is not considered certain, see F. Bömer's 1958 Ovid ed.] He adds to this volume the five books of sad elegies and four more books written in exile from the Black Sea, which Marin -- exceedingly busy as he is with matters of state -- will nevertheless want to read.
BINDING: fine gold-tooled red morocco in the 'Harleian' style, not before 1725, by THOMAS ELLIOTT, fleur-de-lis and crest roll on sides (Nixon pl. 14 r. 5), central ornament formed by small tools (including Nixon pl. 15 t. 2, 10, 15), spine decorated and lettered in compartments, floral roll on turn-ins, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. PROVENANCE: 16th-century Italian owner's entry erased from the top of the title-page (only ascenders visible); Dr. Conyers Middleton (1683-1750, Protobibliothecarius of University Library, Cambridge), bought on his visit to Italy in 1724-25 (Wanley Diary ed. Wright p. 335) and sold to; Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (binding, Cat. Bibl. Harl. 18400); Gerard and Johannes Meerman (The Hague, 18th June 1824, cat. II p. 128, lot 648, Dfl. 325, one of the highest prices in the auction sale); Rev. Theodore Williams (sale April 1827, #38 10s); George Hibbert (1829 sale, #37 16s); 2nd Earl of Powis (1785-1848), inscription, his Aldine collection sold at auction as one lot to; Messrs. Bernard Quaritch 1929, Catalogue of a most important collection of publications of the Aldine Press 1494-1595 p. 20 (also listed in the preface among "the more notable books in the collection")
FIRST ALDINE EDITION of these Ovidian texts. The two other volumes in the series of Ovid's works had appeared the previous October and December respectively, containing the Metamorphoses, Heroides, Ars. Amatoria and other poems; Aldus sold them as a set as well as individually. VELLUM COPIES ARE OF EXTREME RARITY. Apart from the illuminated Paris-Spencer set in Manchester, Rylands Library, and Consul Smith's vol. 2 in the British Library, no other copies printed on vellum appear to be recorded. IN VERY FINE BIBLIOPHILE CONDITION and with a most distinguished provenance. Isaac 12789; Adams O-425; Van Praet Vélins bibl. publ. II, 119; Dionisotti & Orlandi XLV; Murphy 54; Sansoviniana 78; Laurenziana 72; R 38:14