Welser, Inscriptiones antiquae Augustae Vindelicorum, Venice, Aldo II Manuzio, 1590, nineteenth-century vellum

Welser, Marcus. Inscriptiones antiquae Augustae Vindelicorum. Duplo auctiores quam antea editae, & in tres patres tributae. Cum notis Marci Velseri Matthaei F. Aug. Vind. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1590

[Bound with:] Baumhauer, Johann Friedrich. Inscriptiones Monumentorum, Quae sunt Tubingae. Tübingen: Anna Maria Brunn (widow of Johann Alexander Cellius), 1624

[And:] Furmer, Bernard Gerbrand. Annalivm Phrisicorvm trias altera. Amsterdam: Hendrick Laurensz (printed by Abraham van den Rade, Leeuwarden), 1612

3 works in one volume, 4to (188 x 145 mm). Welser: Roman and italic type, 37 lines plus headline. collation: A-L⁴: 44 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page, woodcut headpiece and initial, 2pp. Aldine Press catalogue with prices. (Title lightly soiled, light foxing.) Baumhauer: Various types, 37 lines plus headline. collation: A-G⁴ H²: 30 leaves. Typographic headpieces, woodcut initials. (Light foxing.) Furmer: Roman and italic type, 34 lines plus headline. collation: (*)-(**)⁴ A-Z⁴ Aa-Ii⁴: 136 leaves. Woodcut device on title-page, typographic headpieces, woodcut initials. (Occasional light foxing and staining, Dd gathering browned.)

binding: Nineteenth-century vellum (191 x 155 mm), six leather bands piercing covers at spine, flat spine, red morocco labels, gilt, title label with hand holding horn with motto "Ever Ready," traces of two pairs of ties, red edges. (Extremities faintly darkened, pastedowns splitting along edges from slight bowing of boards, with paper repair to front pastedown.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, inscription "Johann Caspar Rehner" on endpaper (nineteenth century) — John William Burns (1837-1900), of Kilmahew, Dumbartonshire, armorial ex libris with motto "Ever Ready." acquisition: Purchased from Maggs Bros, London, 1979. references: (1) UCLA 1004; Renouard 246/11; Edit16 27704; USTC 806560 (2) VD1723:234832S; USTC 1026572; STCN 830771840 (3) USTC 1026573