Speroni, Dialoghi, Venice, Sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1552, contemporary limp vellum

Speroni, Sperone. Dialoghi di m. Speron Speroni, nuouamente ristampati, & con molta diligenza riueduti, & corretti. Venice: Sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1552

8vo (151 x 100 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-S⁸: 144 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title-page and verso of last leaf, historiated initials. (Light spotting, short closed marginal tear to G7.)

binding: Contemporary limp vellum (157 x 108 mm), leather bands piercing spine in five places, flat spine, title in ink on spine, traces of two pairs of ties, blue paper binding supports. (Slightly soiled and creased, cocked, ex libris removed from upper pastedown.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, early shelfmark in ink on turn-in of lower cover. acquisition: Purchased from Sokol Books Ltd, London, 2014. references: UCLA 435; Renouard 154/12; Edit16 27177; USTC 857243