Asconius Pedanius, Expositio in Ciceronis orationes, Venice, 1563, contemporary French vellum

Asconius Pedianus, Quintus. Asconii Pediani Explanatio in Ciceronis orationes in C. Verrem, in orationem pro C. Cornelio, in orationem contra competitores, in orationem pro M. Scauro, in orationem contra L. Pisonem, in orationem pro Milone. Scholia Pauli Manutii. Indices duo. Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1563

[Bound with:] Muret, Marc-Antoine. M. Antonii Mureti ad Leonardum Mocenicum, patricium Venetum, orationum Ciceronis in Catilinam explicatio. Venice: Giovanni Griffio, 1557

8vo (150 x 99 mm). Italic type, 29 lines. collation: A⁸ AA⁴ B-O⁸: 116 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page, early manuscript annotation. +⁸ A-Q⁸ R⁴: 140 leaves. Woodcut printer's device on title-page. (One or two spots.)

binding: Contemporary French vellum (160 x 110 mm), double fillets tooled in blind enclosing another frame formed by triple fillets, also tooled in blind, with gilt fleuron at each corner, enclosing a central gilt fleuron, spine with three raised bands and two semi-raised bands third compartment with manuscript title, others with repeat fleuron device tooled in gilt. (Corners bumped, some staining.)

provenance: Niccolò Penitesi (signature to front free endpaper) — Swann Galleries, New York, 12 November 2013, lot 3. acquisition: Purchased at preceding sale via E.K. Schreiber. references: UCLA 688; Edit16 3257 & 47038; Renouard 189/11