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MANNI, Domenico Maria (1690-1788). Vita di Aldo Pio Manuzio, insigne restauratore delle lettere greche, e latine in Venezia. Venice: Giambatista Novelli, 1759.
8o (196 x 143 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved title vignette. Late 18th-century half vellum and boards. Provenance: Tammaro de Marinis (1878-1969), bookplate.
FIRST EDITION. An early biography of Aldus Manutius. Bigmore and Wyman p. 17.
[Bound after:]
UNGER, Christian Gottlieb (1671-1719). De Aldi Pii Manutii Romani vita meritisque in rem literatam liber Ungeri singularis. Wittenberg: widow of Johann David Scheffler, 1753.
4o (197 x 153 mm). Engraved frontispiece and portrait. (Some browning and staining throughout.)
FIRST EDITION. The work is divided in three sections: "Section I. A biography of Aldus Manutius and an account of his printing-office and types. Section II. Criticisms upon Aldus. Section III. List of works from his press" Bigmore and Wyman p. 37.
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FIRST EDITION. An early biography of Aldus Manutius. Bigmore and Wyman p. 17.
[Bound after:]
UNGER, Christian Gottlieb (1671-1719). De Aldi Pii Manutii Romani vita meritisque in rem literatam liber Ungeri singularis. Wittenberg: widow of Johann David Scheffler, 1753.
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FIRST EDITION. The work is divided in three sections: "Section I. A biography of Aldus Manutius and an account of his printing-office and types. Section II. Criticisms upon Aldus. Section III. List of works from his press" Bigmore and Wyman p. 37.