Ciofano, In Ovidii Metamorphosin observationes, Venice, 1575, red morocco, Syston Park copy, uncut

Ciofano, Ercole. Herculis Ciofani Sulmonensis In P. Ouidii Nasonis Metamorphosin ex XVII antiquis libris obseruationes, quibus loci quamplurimi & emendantur, & aliorum quoque tum Graecorum, tum Latinorum poetarum aut simili, aut etiam uaria doctrina illustrantur. Venice: [Aldo II Manuzio], 1575

The Syston Park copy, and an uncut large paper copy.

8vo (186 x 141 mm), large paper copy, uncut. Roman and italic types, 39 lines plus headline. collation: a¹⁰ A-O⁸ a⁸ †⁴: 134 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page, woodcut initials. (a5-6 trimmed and inlaid to size, other leaves trimmed, a few stray instances of soiling.)

binding: Red morocco gilt (198 x 153 mm), probably by Storr of Grantham, central gilt Aldine device, spine gilt in compartments, deckle edges. (Spine rubbed, one or two stains, joints weak.)

provenance: Sir John Hayford Thorold, Syston Park bookplate, sale, Replica Shoes , Wilkinson & Hodge, 12-19 December 1884, lot 587, £2-10s, to B.F. Stevens — Maurice Sloog, sale, Anderson Galleries, 19-20 October 1025, lot 3 — Swann Galleries, New York, 11 March 2004, lot 10. acquisition: Purchased at preceding sale via E.K. Schreiber. references: UCLA 869; Edit16 12560; Renouard 219/12