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Aldus Manutius, 1502
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The Works of Statius
Aldus Manutius, 1502
STATIUS -- Orthographia et flexus dictionum Graecarum omnium apud Statium [and:] STATIUS (c.45-96). Statii Sylvarum libri quinque Thebaidos libri duodecim Achilleidos duo. Venice: Aldus Manutius, November and August 1502.
First Aldine edition of Statius, with critical marginalia. Another of Aldus’s octavo-format Classics, this edition of the Silver-age Latin poet includes a primer on the use of Greek loan words in his work—perfect for the beginning student. This copy seems to have been well-used by one such scholar, as it contains not only the usual marginal comments copying out keywords, but short descriptive summaries of the action, critical judgments on the text, and notes on where Statius is drawing from earlier writers like Virgil. This edition also contains one of Aldus’s earliest warnings against counterfeiting and piracy—a printed admonition after the colophon: "no one is allowed to print this unpunished · BEWARE!" UCLA 61; Clemons and Fletcher, Aldus Manutius: A Legacy More Lasting Than Bronze 50.
Octavo (154 x 97mm). Greek and Roman types. Woodcut Aldine device at end of first work (some dampstains, a few wormholes at end). 18th-century vellum with yapp edges, morocco title pieces. Custom box and chemise. Provenance: some early marginalia - Henry Edward Fox, 4th Baron Holland of Holland, 1802-1859 (Holland House bookplate, with his arms impaled by those of his wife Lady Mary Augusta Coventry; with no direct descendants, the estate passed to Henry Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester, whose son sold many items from Holland house in 1947).
Aldus Manutius, 1502
STATIUS -- Orthographia et flexus dictionum Graecarum omnium apud Statium [and:] STATIUS (c.45-96). Statii Sylvarum libri quinque Thebaidos libri duodecim Achilleidos duo. Venice: Aldus Manutius, November and August 1502.
First Aldine edition of Statius, with critical marginalia. Another of Aldus’s octavo-format Classics, this edition of the Silver-age Latin poet includes a primer on the use of Greek loan words in his work—perfect for the beginning student. This copy seems to have been well-used by one such scholar, as it contains not only the usual marginal comments copying out keywords, but short descriptive summaries of the action, critical judgments on the text, and notes on where Statius is drawing from earlier writers like Virgil. This edition also contains one of Aldus’s earliest warnings against counterfeiting and piracy—a printed admonition after the colophon: "no one is allowed to print this unpunished · BEWARE!" UCLA 61; Clemons and Fletcher, Aldus Manutius: A Legacy More Lasting Than Bronze 50.
Octavo (154 x 97mm). Greek and Roman types. Woodcut Aldine device at end of first work (some dampstains, a few wormholes at end). 18th-century vellum with yapp edges, morocco title pieces. Custom box and chemise. Provenance: some early marginalia - Henry Edward Fox, 4th Baron Holland of Holland, 1802-1859 (Holland House bookplate, with his arms impaled by those of his wife Lady Mary Augusta Coventry; with no direct descendants, the estate passed to Henry Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester, whose son sold many items from Holland house in 1947).
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