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CATULLUS, Gaius Valerius (c.84-54 BC), Albius TIBULLUS (c.55/48-c.19 BC) and Sextus PROPERTIUS (c.54/57-after 16 BC). Opera. Venice: Aldus, March 1515. 8° (153 x 95mm). Aldus device on title and verso of final leaf. 17th-century English red morocco, covers panelled in gilt, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed, small split at head of spine but without loss). Provenance: Falkland (ink ownership inscription dated 1737 on flyleaf) -- pencilled purchase note of 21s from Bernard Quaritch to front free endpaper -- A.H. Bright (bookplate). Adams C-1139; Ahmanson-Murphy 113; Renouard 70, 1.
OVIDIUS NASO, Publius (43 BC-AD c.17). Vita per Aldum ex ipsius libris excerpta. Heroidum epistolae. Amorum Lib III [etc]. Venice: Heirs of Aldus, and Andreae Soceri, January 1533. 8° (160 x 96mm). Aldus device on title and verso of final leaf. With the blanks 2B4 and 2p4. (Some marginal waterstaining, upper margin of circa 25 leaves wormed, some spotting and marginal staining.) 19th-century morocco (rubbed and a little stained). Provenance: Zuccherinius (old signature on title) – ex libris Victoris Aemilii Tiranti (stamp on the title and recto of final leaf) – and another illegible signature on title. Adams O-432. [Sold with:] Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius ITALICUS. Opus de Bello Punico secundo (Florence, 1515).
OVIDIUS NASO, Publius (43 BC-AD c.17). Vita per Aldum ex ipsius libris excerpta. Heroidum epistolae. Amorum Lib III [etc]. Venice: Heirs of Aldus, and Andreae Soceri, January 1533. 8° (160 x 96mm). Aldus device on title and verso of final leaf. With the blanks 2B4 and 2p4. (Some marginal waterstaining, upper margin of circa 25 leaves wormed, some spotting and marginal staining.) 19th-century morocco (rubbed and a little stained). Provenance: Zuccherinius (old signature on title) – ex libris Victoris Aemilii Tiranti (stamp on the title and recto of final leaf) – and another illegible signature on title. Adams O-432. [Sold with:] Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius ITALICUS. Opus de Bello Punico secundo (Florence, 1515).
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