Caro, Gli straccioni, Venice, Aldus, 1582, contemporary limp vellum

Caro, Annibale Gli straccioni. Comedia del commendator Annibal Caro. Venice: [Aldo II Manuzio], 1582

[Bound with:] Ambra, Francesco d'. Il furto comedia di m. Francesco d'Ambra cittadino & accademico fiorentino. Nuovamente ristampata. Venice: heirs of Melchiorre I Sessa, 1567

[And:] Alessandro, Piccolomini. L'Hortensio, comedia de gl'Academici Intronati di Siena. Venice: Domenico Farri, 1574

3 works in one volume, 12mo (134 x 75 mm). Italic type, 31 lines plus headline. collation: A-D¹² E⁴: 52 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page, woodcut initials; Ambra: A-E¹²: 60 leaves. Woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials.

Piccolomini: A-G¹²: 84 leaves (last two leaves blank). (Faint dampstaining, one or two spots.)

binding: Contemporary limp vellum (137 x 84 mm), slight fore-edge flaps, remnants of two ties and two stubs. (Stained and wrinkled, slight loss, text block separating from binding.)

provenance: E. Diodati (perhaps Elia Diodati, 1576-1661?), signature to each title — John Rutherfurd (1748-1834, bookplate to pastedown). acquisition: Purchased from Hesketh & Ward, London, 2003. references: UCLA 948; Edit16 9654, 15905, 38335; Renouard 231/8