Strein von Schwarzenau, De gentib. et familiis Romanorum, Venice, Aldo II Manuzio, 1591, twentieth-century brown morocco in style of late sixteenth-century French binding

Strein von Schwarzenau, Richard. De gentib. et familiis Romanorum, Richardi Streinnii baronis Schuuarzenauii cum Indice. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1591

8vo (154 x 100 mm). Roman and italic type, 40 lines plus headline. collation: *⁸ A-K⁸: 88 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title-page, decorated initials, headpieces. (Lacking final blank?, light dampstaining to first and last quires, small wormholes to last leaf.)

binding: Twentieth-century brown morocco in style of late sixteenth-century French binding (163 x 109 mm), two gilt fillets around sides, central gilt arabesque spine gilt. (Marginal staining to pastedowns.)

provenance: Maurice Desgeorge (1867-1939), armorial ex libris. acquisition: Purchased at Foire de Ferraille, Paris, 1962. references: UCLA 1011; Renouard 247/8; Edit16 27722 (Var. A); USTC 857641