28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
  Lot 123
 

123

Ovidius Naso (Publius). [Opera omnia, volume 2 of 3]. Vita per Aldum ex ipsius libris excerpta....

Ovidius Naso (Publius). [Opera omnia, volume 2 of 3]. Vita per Aldum ex ipsius libris excerpta. Heroidum epistolae. Amorum lib. III. De arte amandi lib. III. De remedio amoris lib. II. De medicamine faciei. Nux. Somnium. Venice: in aedibus haeredum Aldi, et Andraei Soceri, January 1533. 8vo (152 x 95 mm), later vellum, signatures as in Ahmanson-Murphy, retaining medial blanks Bb4 and pp4, woodcut Aldine device to title-page and final leaf verso, small hole to front joint, front inner hinge partly split, a little spotting and damp-staining, quire qq strengthened in gutter - Bembo (Pietro, & others). Carmina quinque illustrium poetarum ... Secunda editio, longe copiosor prima, Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1549. 8vo (169 x 96 mm), later vellum, 318 [2] pp., retaining final blank (2X4), damp-staining, title-page soiled and with chip to upper fore corner not affecting text, worming to foot of gutter in quires N-P - Horatius Flaccus (Quintus). [Opera] accedunt nunc Danielis Heinsii De Satyra Horatiana libri duo, Leiden: ex officina Elzeviriana, 1629. 3 parts in 1 volume, 16mo (128 x 70 mm) contemporary vellum, yapp edges, engraved title-page, faint damp-staining to lower fore corners, small hole in part 1 leaf I1 affecting a few letters, final blank either lacking or used as rear pastedown,(qty: 3) Provenance (Horatius only): Beilby Thompson (1742-1799), British landowner and politician, with his engraved Escrick Hall bookplate. Ahmanson-Murphy 266 (Ovidius); Edit 16 CNCE 9627 (Bembo and others); Renouard 109.8 (Ovidius).

Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

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