Ovidius Naso, Fasti, Tristia, Epistulae ex Ponto, Venice, Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, January 1516, Bolognese black morocco, early 1520s

Ovidius Naso, Publius. Cla. Ptolomaei inerrantium stellarum significationes … P. Ouidij Nasonis Fastorum lib. VI, Tristium lib. V, De Ponto lib. IV … Venice: Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, January 1516

Another copy.

8vo (165 x 98 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: π -2π⁸ 3π⁶ aaa-kkk⁸ lll⁶ mmm-sss⁸ ttt⁶ uuu-zzz⁸ AAA- EEE⁸ FFF⁴ (3π6 and lll6 blanks): 246 leaves (foliation lacking 87, 88, 151, and 152). Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso. (Worming to title, following few leaves, and final few leaves repaired, title and a few other leaves reattached, scattered foxing, staining, and dampstaining.)

binding: Bolognese black morocco (172 x 107), early 1520s, two concentric frames of one gilt and four blind fillets, gilt floral ornaments at inner corners, central arabesque cartouche containing P:O:|FAS: on upper cover and :FRAN: | :POR: on lower cover, traces of four pairs of ties, edges gilt and gauffered. (Rebacked, rubbed, endleaves renewed.)

provenance: "Fran. Por." on lower cover — Hermann Alexander de Pourtalès (1847-1904) — Klipstein & Kornfeld, Alte und neue Bücher, Bern, 16-18 November 1950, lot 58. acquisition: Purchased from Maggs Bros, London, 1974. references: UCLA 141; Renouard 78/10; Edit16 47168; USTC 845702