Accession number
PML 196772
Published
Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi et Andreae Soceri, mense Augusto, 1519.
Credit line
Purchased in 1922.
Notes
According to Renouard there are two editions of the same year, the first based on the Giunta edition of 1517, the second and superior edition was used by H. Estienne and others for their edition. He admits having only seen the one and does not know how to tell the difference.
All leaves uncut.
Collation: 350 leaves = title, table, preface, etc., 1 blank leaf, 3 leaves; text, 345 numbered leaves, 1 leaf with register and anchor on verso.
Edited by Franciscus Asulanus.
First Aldine edition as a separate edition.
Imprint from the colophon.
Printer's device on the title page; verso of the final leaf.
Text in Greek; some introductory material in Latin (Roman type).
All leaves uncut.
Collation: 350 leaves = title, table, preface, etc., 1 blank leaf, 3 leaves; text, 345 numbered leaves, 1 leaf with register and anchor on verso.
Edited by Franciscus Asulanus.
First Aldine edition as a separate edition.
Imprint from the colophon.
Printer's device on the title page; verso of the final leaf.
Text in Greek; some introductory material in Latin (Roman type).
Description
4, 345 leaves, [1] leaf ; 31 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Contemporary manuscript notations in Greek and Italian by Florentine humanist Braccio Ricasoli, predominantly in first-third but sporadically thereafter.
Provenance
Braccio Ricasoli (1525-1589), annotations; Robert Hoe (1839-1909), book label (front pastedown); his sale, Anderson Auction Company, part III, 15 April 1912, lot 2539; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Giuseppe Martini, Dec. 1922.
Binding
Brown gilt-tooled morocco by Riviere & Son.
Classification
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