Statius, Syluarum, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1502, contemporary Northern Italian brown morocco

Statius, Publius Papinius. Statii Syluarum libri quinque, Thebaidos libri duodecim, Achilleidos duo [Latin and Greek]. Venice: Aldo Manuzio, August 1502

Another copy.

8vo (161 x 90 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: a-e^{8 2}a-z⁸ A-F⁸ G^{4 2}A-B^{8 2}C⁴: 296 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to e8, guide letters in initial spaces. (²A1 with marginal tear, final quire beginning to loosen, occasional light ink and dampstaining.)

binding: Contemporary Northern Italian brown morocco (165 x 94 mm), tooled in blind, three fillets around sides, miters of three fillets connecting to an inner frame formed by three fillets, containing addorsed dolphins with a fountain between them, on each side between this frame and outer edges a ropework five-lobed tool flanked by angelots, in central vertical panel four knotwork tools aligned vertically, spine with four compartments, decorated by single fillets in a diaper pattern, edges gilt and gauffered to a diapered pattern with rosettes in interstices surrounded by a wavy border. (Lacking endleaves, minor worming to pastedowns, small areas of restoration(?))

acquisition: Purchased from Librairie Lardanchet, Paris, 2017. references: UCLA 61; Renouard 35/7; Edit16 36141; USTC 857455