Caro, Rime, Venice, Aldus, 1572, modern half vellum

Caro, Annibale Rime del commendatore Annibal Caro. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1572

4to (198 x 137 mm). Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: *⁴ B-P⁴: 60 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title, woodcut initials. (A few headlines shaved, some light foxing or staining.)

binding: Modern Italian half vellum over patterned paper boards (200 x 143 mm), manuscript author and title on spine, edges stained red and gilt. (Some spotting to velum.)

acquisition: Purchased from Fiammetta Soave, Rome, 1984. references: UCLA 846; Edit16 9650; Renouard 215/8