Claudianus, Opera, Venice, Aldus, 1523, contemporary Roman brown morocco

Claudianus, Claudius. Cl. Claudiani Opera quam diligentissime castigata, quorum indicem in sequenti pagina reperies. (Venice: heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, March 1523)

8vo (157 x 95 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: a-y⁸: 176 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso. (Title-page slightly stained, a few small wormholes at end.)

binding: Contemporary Italian (Roman?) blind-tooled brown morocco (163 x 107 mm), title lettered along fore-edges, stubs from four pairs of ties. (Spine heavily restored, corners repaired, small wormhole in upper cover.)

provenance: Early note "a.38" written below device on title-page (a Roman bookseller's code?) — inscription on flyleaf dated Turin, 18-5-54. acquisition: Purchased from Sokol Books, London, 2000. references: UCLA 218; Cataldi Palau 86; Edit16 12668; Renouard 396/1