Turco, Calestri tragedia nuova, Venice, [Aldo II Manuzio], 1585, modern vellum over pasteboards

Turco, Carlo. Calestri tragedia nuova del s. Carlo Turco asolano. Venice: [Aldo II Manuzio], 1585

8vo (144 x 96 mm). Roman and italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A-F⁸ G⁴: 52 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces. (First and last quire sewn into new endpapers, scattered light staining and foxing.)

binding: Modern vellum over pasteboards (151 x 101 mm), manuscript title to spine, edges stained blue, new endpapers. (Covers lightly stained.)

provenance: Colonna di Sciarra, family library (Rome), circular red inkstamp "Libraria Colonna" on last leaf — Leo S. Olschki, Florence, inscription dated 11 December 1936 — Bloomsbury Auctions Rome, 6 December 2006, lot 481 (realised €1071). acquisition: Purchased at Bloomsbury via Halwas. references: UCLA 969; Renouard 236/11; Edit16 27682; USTC 861404