Accession number
PML 1192
Creator
Caesar, Julius.
Published
Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi et Andreae soceri, M.DXIII. mense Aprili [April 1513].
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Imprint from colophon, leaf kk8v.
Signatures: A-B⁸ C⁴; a-z⁸ aa-kk⁸; ll-oo⁸: 316 leaves, leaf kk7 blank.
Woodcuts on leaf c1r-v with manuscript inscriptions, "Massilia" and "Uxellodunum," in hand of Aldo, as is found in many copies.
Map colored by stencil.
Morgan copy bound with quire C before B.
Signatures: A-B⁸ C⁴; a-z⁸ aa-kk⁸; ll-oo⁸: 316 leaves, leaf kk7 blank.
Woodcuts on leaf c1r-v with manuscript inscriptions, "Massilia" and "Uxellodunum," in hand of Aldo, as is found in many copies.
Map colored by stencil.
Morgan copy bound with quire C before B.
Description
[20], 296 leaves : illustrations, map (woodcuts) ; 16.5 cm (8vo)
Provenance
Philip Augustus Hanrott (1776-1856), his sale, Evans, 16 July 1833, lot 1545; Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), purchased from J. Bohn in 1834, armorial booklabel (front pastedown) and shelfmark: F1 (front endleaf 1 verso), entire library purchased in 1878 by: James Toovey (1814-1893), through inheritance to his son: Charles J. Toovey (1848-1925), Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown), entire library purchased in 1899 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Binding
19th-century dark green morocco, with gilt-tooled Aldine anchor, by Charles Smith.
Classification
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