POLITIANUS, Angelus (1454-94). Opera . Edited by Alexander Sartius. Venice: Aldus Manutius July 1498. Super-chancery 2° (324 x 210mm). Collation: a-p 8 q-r 1 0 s-t 8 A-I 8 K 4 L-P 8 Q-R 1 0 S 8 T 1 0 V 6 X-Y 1 0 Z 8 & 1 0 aa 1 0 'iterum'aa 8 'iterum'bb 8 bb-hh 8 ii 6 kk 1 0 (a1r title, a1v address by Aldus to Marino Sanuto, a2r index, a3r text, K4-L1r blank, X10v blank, kk8v colophon, kk9r register, kk10r 'Monodia' on the death of Lorenzo de'Medici, kk10v blank). 452 leaves. 38 lines and headline. Type: 2:114R, 7:114Gk. 2- to 9-line initial spaces with guide-letters. (A little light worming at beginning and end, mostly marginal, neat short incision in quires n-p without loss.) Contemporary ?Swiss blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, two fore-edge clasps, author's name lettered on fore-edges (slight wear at extremities). Provenance : Nicolas Episcopius/Bischoff (1501-1564; contemporary inscription on title and pastedown, a few marginal annotations) -- contemporary title inscriptions in Greek and Latin -- Georg Schongard (purchase inscription, Basel, 21 February 1601, on title). A LARGE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of the collected works of Politian, previously owned by the Basel printer, Nicolas Episcopius (Bischoff). Episcopius first worked as corrector at the press of Johann Froben before entering into partnership with Herwagen and Hieronymous Froben, the son of Johann, in 1529. The press reprinted the works of Politian in 1553, but the present copy does not seem to have been used by Episcopius in preparing his edition, more complete than the Aldine. Renouard (17:4) considered 'cette rare édition, l'une des plus belles qui soient sorties de l'imprimerie Aldine.' HC *13218; BMC V, 559 (IB. 24472-75); Polain(B) 3233; Goff P-886.
POLITIANUS, Angelus (1454-94). Opera . Edited by Alexander Sartius. Venice: Aldus Manutius July 1498. Super-chancery 2° (324 x 210mm). Collation: a-p 8 q-r 1 0 s-t 8 A-I 8 K 4 L-P 8 Q-R 1 0 S 8 T 1 0 V 6 X-Y 1 0 Z 8 & 1 0 aa 1 0 'iterum'aa 8 'iterum'bb 8 bb-hh 8 ii 6 kk 1 0 (a1r title, a1v address by Aldus to Marino Sanuto, a2r index, a3r text, K4-L1r blank, X10v blank, kk8v colophon, kk9r register, kk10r 'Monodia' on the death of Lorenzo de'Medici, kk10v blank). 452 leaves. 38 lines and headline. Type: 2:114R, 7:114Gk. 2- to 9-line initial spaces with guide-letters. (A little light worming at beginning and end, mostly marginal, neat short incision in quires n-p without loss.) Contemporary ?Swiss blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, two fore-edge clasps, author's name lettered on fore-edges (slight wear at extremities). Provenance : Nicolas Episcopius/Bischoff (1501-1564; contemporary inscription on title and pastedown, a few marginal annotations) -- contemporary title inscriptions in Greek and Latin -- Georg Schongard (purchase inscription, Basel, 21 February 1601, on title). A LARGE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of the collected works of Politian, previously owned by the Basel printer, Nicolas Episcopius (Bischoff). Episcopius first worked as corrector at the press of Johann Froben before entering into partnership with Herwagen and Hieronymous Froben, the son of Johann, in 1529. The press reprinted the works of Politian in 1553, but the present copy does not seem to have been used by Episcopius in preparing his edition, more complete than the Aldine. Renouard (17:4) considered 'cette rare édition, l'une des plus belles qui soient sorties de l'imprimerie Aldine.' HC *13218; BMC V, 559 (IB. 24472-75); Polain(B) 3233; Goff P-886.
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