Ausonius, Venice, Aldus, 1517, sixteenth-century French tan calf

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. Ausonius. (Venice: heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, November 1517)

A second copy.

8vo (161 x 99 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: a-n⁸ o⁴: 108 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso, ruled in red. (Occasional spotting.)

binding: Sixteenth-century French tan calf (166 x 109 mm), ruled in blind and gilt with central emblem, spine gilt tooled in compartments with floral ornaments, edges gilt. (Covers stained, spine and extremities darkened, lightly rubbed.)

provenance: Bernard Malle (19529-2008, initials to fly-leaf). acquisition: Purchased from Librairie Thomas-Scheler, Paris, 2011. references: UCLA 158; Cataldi Palau 25; Edit16 3482; Renouard 80/7