1553, Paulus Manutius MANUTIUS, Paulus. In epistolas Ciceronis ad Atticum commentarius . Aldine 8° (156 x 98mm). Collation: * 4 (title with a late woodcut Aldine dolphin-and-anchor device, author's dedication to Ranucci Farnese, Papal privilege); A-Z AA-ZZ AAA-FFF 8 (text, FFF8 r register and colophon Venetiis, apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi filium MDLIII ). 420 leaves. Italic type 3:83. 30 lines and headline. (Very light dampstain.) BINDING: contemporary Italian gold-tooled black morocco, the sides decorated to an interlace design with gouges and fillets, small tools including acorns, scrolls, rosettes and fleurons, in the centre an impresa of a flaming torch and the motto Hoc virtutis opus , gilt lettering-piece added to spine at a later date, gilt edges, original endpapers, (ties removed). PROVENANCE: the device was attributed by Gelli to Gabriele Paleotti (1522-97), Archbishop of Bologna, and A.R.A. Hobson therefore tentatively localised the binding shop in Bologna ( French and Italian Collectors and their Bindings illustrated from examples in the library of J.R. Abbey , Oxford 1953, no. 65; see also De Marinis II, 1402); however, nothing definite links this small group -- a total of four bindings with the device is known -- to the Archbishop's library or even to Bologna, and the question remains open. The design is archaic for the 1550s and the quality of the gold-tooling suggests a provincial shop; Johannes Sicoré (18th or 19th-century bookplate). Second edition. Paolo frequently reprinted his own learned commentaries on the various collections of Cicero's letters, as later did his son Aldo the younger. The Manuzio/Torresani partnership finally and definitively broke up in 1537. In 1539 Paolo won the lawsuit brought against his uncles in a Roman court, and promptly formed a new corporation with his older brothers, Marco and Antonio. The firm signed its new books as published by the Sons of Aldus or, alternatively, under Paolo Manuzio's name alone. In the meantime, the Torresani had resumed their independent printing and publishing activities. Adams M-459; Murphy 387; R 157:11
1553, Paulus Manutius MANUTIUS, Paulus. In epistolas Ciceronis ad Atticum commentarius . Aldine 8° (156 x 98mm). Collation: * 4 (title with a late woodcut Aldine dolphin-and-anchor device, author's dedication to Ranucci Farnese, Papal privilege); A-Z AA-ZZ AAA-FFF 8 (text, FFF8 r register and colophon Venetiis, apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi filium MDLIII ). 420 leaves. Italic type 3:83. 30 lines and headline. (Very light dampstain.) BINDING: contemporary Italian gold-tooled black morocco, the sides decorated to an interlace design with gouges and fillets, small tools including acorns, scrolls, rosettes and fleurons, in the centre an impresa of a flaming torch and the motto Hoc virtutis opus , gilt lettering-piece added to spine at a later date, gilt edges, original endpapers, (ties removed). PROVENANCE: the device was attributed by Gelli to Gabriele Paleotti (1522-97), Archbishop of Bologna, and A.R.A. Hobson therefore tentatively localised the binding shop in Bologna ( French and Italian Collectors and their Bindings illustrated from examples in the library of J.R. Abbey , Oxford 1953, no. 65; see also De Marinis II, 1402); however, nothing definite links this small group -- a total of four bindings with the device is known -- to the Archbishop's library or even to Bologna, and the question remains open. The design is archaic for the 1550s and the quality of the gold-tooling suggests a provincial shop; Johannes Sicoré (18th or 19th-century bookplate). Second edition. Paolo frequently reprinted his own learned commentaries on the various collections of Cicero's letters, as later did his son Aldo the younger. The Manuzio/Torresani partnership finally and definitively broke up in 1537. In 1539 Paolo won the lawsuit brought against his uncles in a Roman court, and promptly formed a new corporation with his older brothers, Marco and Antonio. The firm signed its new books as published by the Sons of Aldus or, alternatively, under Paolo Manuzio's name alone. In the meantime, the Torresani had resumed their independent printing and publishing activities. Adams M-459; Murphy 387; R 157:11
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