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68 409 Aldine Press Renouard A A 68 409 Aldine Press Renouard A A [Aldine Press]. Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde, ou Histoire des trois Manuce et de leurs Éditions. Paris, the author, 1803/ 1812, 3 vols., (4),446,(2); 250,(46); (4),IX,(1)149,(7)p., 4 engr. frontisp. portraits, 12 woodcut ills. (on plates) (mostly Aldine printer's marks), sl. later unif. gilt blindst. blonde calf, covers w. triple gilt fillet line round sides, all frontcovers w. central gilt crowned British Order of the Garter coat of arms w. the maxim "Honi soit qui mal y pense", gilt spine w. 3 contrasting mor. letterpieces, gilt boardedges and inside dentelles. - All vols. some (sl.) foxing in prelim. lvs., portrait(s) and title-p.; vol. 1 w. old owner's entry ("Gower[?] from L.J. Stafford. 1820") on verso first free endpaper; some scattered annots./ marks in margins, almost all in pencil. Backcover vol. 2 dam. spot w. remnant of ticket; spines sl. faded. = The third vol. is the supplement vol. Nicely bound set. The portraits of "Aldus Pius Romanus" (vol. 1) and "Paulus Manutius" (vol. 2), and 2 extra portraits of "Jean Gutenberg" (in vol. 2) and "Paulus Manutius" (by De Larmessin). Firmin-Didot- A. Alde Manuce et l'Hellénisme à Venise. Paris, A. Firmin-Didot- 1875, 1st ed., (4),LXVIII,643,(4)p., 3 portraits, 1 plate and 1 double-p. facs. plate, contemp. hmor., orig. frontwr. pres. - Frontisp. portrait leaf, title-p. and p. I/II repaired lower inner (and outer) blank corner. Rebound w. new cloth spine, w. use of mist of contemp. backstrip.