Ovid. Libri de Ponto, cum luculentissimis commentariis Bartolomei Meruleis, [colophon: Toscolano, in aedibus Alexandri Paganini, 1526], 4to, semi-italic type with Merula's commentary surrounding text, arabesque title border in woodcut, several woodcut initials (the usual Manhattan library stamp in blind on title, B2 also with blind-stamp and accession number at margin, gatherings C to E restored at upper margins where wormed), crimson morocco, gilt, by R. Gozzi of Modena, circa 1900, gilt inner dentelles, gilt edges. [BMC of Italian Books 480; Brunet IV, 271]

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Ovid. Libri de Ponto, cum luculentissimis commentariis Bartolomei Meruleis, [colophon: Toscolano, in aedibus Alexandri Paganini, 1526], 4to, semi-italic type with Merula's commentary surrounding text, arabesque title border in woodcut, several woodcut initials (the usual Manhattan library stamp in blind on title, B2 also with blind-stamp and accession number at margin, gatherings C to E restored at upper margins where wormed), crimson morocco, gilt, by R. Gozzi of Modena, circa 1900, gilt inner dentelles, gilt edges. [BMC of Italian Books 480; Brunet IV, 271]

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According to Brunet, Tristium lib. V, De Ponto lib. IV, were issued by Paganini in 1526 as a single volume, but in STCDe Ponto is listed as an independent work.

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