Cicero, Orationum pars I, Venice, 1570, contemporary German pigskin dated 1573

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. Tullii Ciceronis Orationum pars I. Cum correctionibus P. Manutii, et annotationib. D. Lambini. Venice: Biblioteca Aldina [heirs of Andrea Torresano], 1570

Einbanddatenbank identifies these two panel stamps as belonging to w004754, also found on a binding in the Freising Dombibliothek (Bavaria). This copy contains manuscript annotations which are particularly copious for the Oratio pro Sexto Roscio Amerino, one of Cicero's earliest defence speeches in which he successfully cleared Roscius of the charge of patricide.

Volume 1 only (of 3), 8vo (148 x 99 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-Z⁸ AA-VV⁸ XX⁴: 348 leaves (last leaf blank). Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and XX3 (otherwise blank). (M3-4 with repaired tear.)

binding: Contemporary blind-stamped German pigskin over thin wooden boards (159 x 120 mm), panel stamps of Lucretia on upper cover (with initials H.H.) and Justice on lower cover (with date 1574), upper cover with lettering SHST and the date 1573. (Binding slightly soiled with some small wormholes, corners bumped.)

provenance: SHST [Sebastian —], initials on binding and erased inscription on inside front cover — Gregorius Argyroander [Silbermann] of Nabburg (Bavaria), inscription on title-page dated 1584 — Christian Rudolph Roth, of Bebenhausen, inscription on flyleaf. acquisition: Purchased from Family Album, Glen Rock, 1995. references: UCLA 1071; Edit16 12420; Renouard 209/5 (all for all 3 volumes)