Speroni, dialogi, Venice, Sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1542, modern vellum

Speroni, Sperone. I dialogi di messer Speron Sperone. Venice: Sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1542

First edition.

8vo (144 x 83 mm). Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A¹⁰ B-Y⁸: 178 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title-page and verso of last leaf, guide letters in initial spaces. (Light spotting and toning, particularly to first and last leaves.)

binding: Modern vellum (152 x 98 mm), gilt spine with red morocco label, marbled endpapers, red edges. (Slight marginal bleed of ink onto the pages.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, inkstamp "A. Gambara" on title-page. acquisition: Purchased from Libreria antiquaria L. Gonnelli & figli, Florence, 1988. references: UCLA 310; Renouard 125/7; Edit16 53856; USTC 857235