Cicero, Epistolae ad Atticum, Venice, Aldus, 1548, later vellum

CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS. M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quintum fratrem, multorum locorum correctione illustratae, cum suis commentariis separatim impressis, auctore Paulo Manutio Aldi filio. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1548 (1549)

This edition is recorded with the date in the colophon as 1548 (UCLA 380) and 1549, as here.

8vo (158 x 98 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. Collation: A-Z⁸ AA-VV⁸ XX⁴: 348 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso (otherwise blank). (Occasional light damp-staining, inscription erased from title-page.)

Binding: Later vellum (164 x 115 mm), red and green lettering-pieces on spine, blue edges. (Binding slightly soiled.)

Provenance: Jesuits of Rome, inscription at head of title-page — John Charles George Savile (1810-1899), Viscount Pollington, inscription on flyleaf dated Venice, 28 August 1830 — Antonio G. Sefi, a gift from Wilfrid A. Greene, 1902, inscription on flyleaf — G.M. Jones [George McMaster Jones], signature on flyleaf — Sotheby's, New York, 5 June 1996, lot 197, $400. Acquisition: Purchased at preceding sale via H.P. Kraus. References: UCLA 380.5 (not in collection); Edit16 12280; Renouard 143/4