Valerius Maximus, Index copiosissimus rerum omnium, Venice, Paolo Manuzio & Heirs of Andrea Torresano, 1534, sixteenth-century limp vellum

Valerius Maximus. Index copiosissimus rerum omnium, et personarum, de quibus in his libris agitur. Venice: Paolo Manuzio & Heirs of Andrea Torresano, March 1534

8vo (152 x 95 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: ^πA-B⁸ a-z⁸ A-C⁸ D⁴: 228 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and verso of last leaf, early geometric ink drawing on rear flyleaf. (A few light dampstains, quire b and k browned, a few leaves soiled.)

binding: Sixteenth-century limp vellum (153 x 100 mm), title in ink on cover, traces of two pairs of chamois ties, title in ink on tail-edge and head-edge. (Stained and creased, endleaves partially loose with small tears where previously attached.)

acquisition: Purchased from Family Album, Glen Rock, 1995. references: UCLA 269; Renouard 110/2; Edit16 27233; USTC 861784