Accession number:
PML 199015
Published:
Vitembergae : ex officina vidvae Schefleriae, MDCCLIII [1753].
Description:
3 preliminary leaves, [3]-18 pages, 3 leaves, cciii, [1] pages : 2 engraved frontispieces ; 23.5 x 19.5 cm (4to)
Credit:
Purchased on the Henry S. Morgan Reference Fund, 2023.
Notes:
Title printed in red and black.
Engraved frontispieces, including portrait of Aldo and elaborate composition of versions of the dolphin and anchor mark, on two leaves preceding the title-page.
Binding:
18th-century paper over paper boards.
Variant Title:
De Aldi Pii Manutii Romani vita meritisque in rem literatam liber Unveri singularis. Auctus cura et studio Samuelis Lutheri Geret
Provenance:
Richard Heber (1773-1833), Bibliotheca Heberiana stamp, abraded (rear pastedown), Bibliotheca Heberiana sale, Sotheby's, part I, 10 April 1834, lot 7069 for £0.1.6; Morgan Library & Museum, purchased from Orsi Libri, June 2023.
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