Demosthenes. Δημοσθενους Λογοι, δυο και ἐξηκοντα. Λιβανιου σοφισου, ὐποθεσεις εἰς τους αὐτους λογοις. Βιος Δημοσθενους, κατ'αυτον Λιβανιον. Βιος Δεμοσθενους, ἁτα Πλουταρχον. Demosthenis Orationes duae & sexaginta. Libanii sophistae in eas ipsas orationes argumenta. Vita Demosthenis per Libanium. Eiusdem vita per Plutarchum. Venice: Aldo Manuzio, November 1504 Editio princeps of the most celebrated of ancient Greek orators. 4to (282 x 174 mm). Greek types, with some Roman, 46 lines plus headline. collation: π10 aa4 bb8 cc-xx8 A-S8 T4 (-T4): 321 (of 322) leaves (lacking terminal blank T4). Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and aa1r, numerous initial spaces with guide letters ranging from 2- to 8-lines. (Title-page soiled, some marginal soiling and occasional repair to first and last few leaves, a few small and unobtrusive wormholes to first three quires.) binding: Contemporary roll-paneled English brown calf covers laid down over original wooden boards of reconstructed binding (294 x 187 mm), border roll of angel's face and wings, potted flowers, two ducks tied back-to-back, two men back- to-back, double frame roll, one of potted plant, the other of fern and bud, acorn stamp at outer corners, two girded spheres in central panel, traces of two clasps. (Resewn in reconstruction of original binding with new spine and other restoration.) provenance: Thomas Warren inscription, "Tho. Warren pret: 5s 6d," on title-page, perhaps to be identified with Thomas Warren BA Oxford 1514 (Emden, Biographical Register of the University of Oxford 1501-1540, 608) — contemporary marginalia — Rev. Charles Lloyd (d. 1862), Sotheby's London, 18-20 June 1862, lot 347; purchased by — Nattali & Bond, London (£1 11s) — George Becher Blomfield (1801-1885), armorial bookplate — evidently Percy Henry Guy Feilden (1870- 1944), of Witton Park, Blackburn, Lancashire (after the death of Blomfield's widow, Elizabeth, in 1897, Mollington Hall, Chester, and its library reverted to members of the Feilden family) — Clifford C. Rattey (1886-1970), bookplate — Maggs Bros., Catalogue 917 (New York book fair, 31st March 1969), item 5 (£200). acquisition: Purchased from Scribner Book Store, New York, 1970. references: UCLA 87; Adams D259; Aldo Manuzio tipografo 89a; Edit16 16732; Renouard 47/7; USTC 826496
Demosthenes. Δημοσθενους Λογοι, δυο και ἐξηκοντα. Λιβανιου σοφισου, ὐποθεσεις εἰς τους αὐτους λογοις. Βιος Δημοσθενους, κατ'αυτον Λιβανιον. Βιος Δεμοσθενους, ἁτα Πλουταρχον. Demosthenis Orationes duae & sexaginta. Libanii sophistae in eas ipsas orationes argumenta. Vita Demosthenis per Libanium. Eiusdem vita per Plutarchum. Venice: Aldo Manuzio, November 1504 Editio princeps of the most celebrated of ancient Greek orators. 4to (282 x 174 mm). Greek types, with some Roman, 46 lines plus headline. collation: π10 aa4 bb8 cc-xx8 A-S8 T4 (-T4): 321 (of 322) leaves (lacking terminal blank T4). Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and aa1r, numerous initial spaces with guide letters ranging from 2- to 8-lines. (Title-page soiled, some marginal soiling and occasional repair to first and last few leaves, a few small and unobtrusive wormholes to first three quires.) binding: Contemporary roll-paneled English brown calf covers laid down over original wooden boards of reconstructed binding (294 x 187 mm), border roll of angel's face and wings, potted flowers, two ducks tied back-to-back, two men back- to-back, double frame roll, one of potted plant, the other of fern and bud, acorn stamp at outer corners, two girded spheres in central panel, traces of two clasps. (Resewn in reconstruction of original binding with new spine and other restoration.) provenance: Thomas Warren inscription, "Tho. Warren pret: 5s 6d," on title-page, perhaps to be identified with Thomas Warren BA Oxford 1514 (Emden, Biographical Register of the University of Oxford 1501-1540, 608) — contemporary marginalia — Rev. Charles Lloyd (d. 1862), Sotheby's London, 18-20 June 1862, lot 347; purchased by — Nattali & Bond, London (£1 11s) — George Becher Blomfield (1801-1885), armorial bookplate — evidently Percy Henry Guy Feilden (1870- 1944), of Witton Park, Blackburn, Lancashire (after the death of Blomfield's widow, Elizabeth, in 1897, Mollington Hall, Chester, and its library reverted to members of the Feilden family) — Clifford C. Rattey (1886-1970), bookplate — Maggs Bros., Catalogue 917 (New York book fair, 31st March 1969), item 5 (£200). acquisition: Purchased from Scribner Book Store, New York, 1970. references: UCLA 87; Adams D259; Aldo Manuzio tipografo 89a; Edit16 16732; Renouard 47/7; USTC 826496
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