Accession number:
PML 1193
Published:
Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi et Andreae soceri, mense Novemb. M.D.XIX [November 1519].
Description:
[16], 296 leaves : illustrations, maps (woodcuts) ; 17.5 cm (8vo)
Credit:
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes:
Imprint from second colophon, leaf oo8r.
First colophon, leaf kk8v: Venetiis in aedibus Aldi et Andrea soceri, mense Ianuario M.D.XVIII [i.e. 1519?].
Signatures: A-B⁸; a-z⁸ aa-kk⁸; ll-oo⁸: 312 leaves, leaves B8 and kk7 blank.
Renouard describes copies made up from the 1513 and 1519 editions, including one that he owned (not Morgan copy).
Binding:
Late 16th/17th-century Italian gold-tooled red morocco.
Variant Title:
Commentariorum de bello Gallico
Provenance:
Antoine Augustin Renouard (1765-1853), his sale: Evans (London), Bibliotheca Aldina, 26 June 1828, lot 82 for £3.5.0 for Acheson; Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), siganture and shelfmark: F1 (front pastedown), 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.
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