Bolzanio, Grammaticae institutiones ad graecam linguam, Venice, Paolo Manuzio, 1557, later vellum

Bolzanio, Urbano Dalle Fosse, called. Urbani Bolzanii Bellunensis Grammaticae institutiones ad Graecam linguam. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1557

This is one of numerous sixteenth-century editions of Bolzanio's grammar, and the second Aldine edition; it must have sold well as Paolo printed it again in 1560 (see next lot) and in 1566.

8vo (153 x 102 mm). Italic and Greek type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A-Z⁸ Aa-Qq⁸ Rr¹⁰: 322 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page. (Washed and pressed, occasional light soiling and dampstaining.)

binding: Eighteenth-century Italian vellum-backed blue marbled boards (160 x 115 mm). Housed in a modern paper slip case. (Worn and soiled, particularly to rear board.)

acquisition: Purchased from Martin Breslauer Inc., New York, 1983. references: UCLA 516; Edit16 6786; Renouard 171/6