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Manni, Domenico Maria. Vita di Aldo Pio Manuzio insigne restauratore delle lettere greche, e latine in Venezia scritta da Domenico Maria Manni Professore di Lettere Toscane nel Seminario Arcivescovile fiorentino, e Bibliotecario della celebre Libreria Stroziana di Firenze. Venice: Giambattista Novelli, 1759
First edition of this early biography of Aldo Manuzio, following Unger's 1753 treatise (see the preceding lot).
8vo (201 x 130 mm, partially uncut). Roman types, with some italic, 29 lines plus headline. collation: *8 A-D8 E4: 44 leaves. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Aldo, vignettes. (Light marginal dampstaining and fingersoiling.)
binding: Nineteenth-century diced calf over marbled boards (206 x 142 mm), vellum tips, purple silk bookmark.
acquisition: Purchased from Jonathan A. Hill, New York, 1977. references: UCLA 1184; Lamberto Donati, "Bibliografia Aldina" in La Bibliofilía 52 (1950), pp. 188-204 no. 18
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