Quintilianus, Marcus Fabius | Aldine edition of the foundational Roman treatise on rhetoric

Quintilianus, Marcus Fabius

Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim. Venice: Aldus Manutius and Andreus Torresanus, 1521 (but 1522)

4to (207 x 127 mm). Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final leaf, colophon dated 1521; occasional ink annotations, some light spotting. Later vellum.

A handsome Aldine edition of Quintilian’s Institutionum oratoriarum, the most influential rhetorical treatise of antiquity, presenting the art of eloquence as the union of wisdom and moral integrity. First published by Aldus in 1514, this later printing was issued under the supervision of Andrea Torresano and follows the corrected text of the editio princeps.

REFERENCES

UCLA 208; Adams Q56; Cataldi Palau 61; Edit16 54149; Renouard 93/14

PROVENANCE

The McKenna Library (Christie’s London, Part II, 23 November 1998, lot 206)