Welser, Conuersio et passio ss. martyrum, Venice, Aldo II Manuzio, 1591, modern blue paper wrappers

Welser, Marcus. Conversio et passio ss. martyrum Afrae, Hilariae, Dignae, Eunomiae, Eutropiae; quae ante annos paullo minus MCCC Augustae Vindelicorum passae sunt. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1591

4to (196 x 144 mm). Italic and Roman type, 38 lines plus headline. collation: A-R⁴: 68 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title- page, woodcut headpieces and historiated initials, publisher's catalogue at end "Libri di stampa d’Aldo, che si trouano al presente," leather tab on last leaf (Crayon underlinings to title, a few faint spots.)

binding: Modern blue paper wrappers (199 x 149 mm). (Some creasing, chips to edges.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, early marginalia and underlining — Stadtbibliothek, Augsburg, stamp "Eigenthum der Stadt Augsburg" on title-page — Swann Galleries, New York, 1 February 1979, lot 9 ("modern wrappers") (realized $100). acquisition: Purchased at Swann via Jonathan Hill. references: UCLA 1010; Renouard 247/6; Edit16 13200; USTC 806637