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Manuzio, Aldo II. Eleganze, insieme con la copia della lingua toscana, e latina, scielte da Aldo Manutio. Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1566 8vo (147 x 96 mm). Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A-Z8 AA8: 192 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title-page. (Light spotting and dampstaining.) binding: Contemporary limp vellum (150 x 104 mm), title on spine. (Some tears, traces of manuscript notes to covers.) provenance: Early elaborate signature on title — Jesuit college, Parma, inscription, "Coll. Soc. Jesu Parmae," on title-page — Antonio Squarcia (fl. 1712-1719), notary in Parma, inscription, "Ant.o Squarcia," on pastedown — later inscription, "Regalo fatto dal Sig. Vitoguerri a G.o Belli," on pastedown (Vito Guerra?). acquisition: Purchased from Hesketh & Ward, London, 2000. references: UCLA 764; Renouard 201/13; Edit16 28257; USTC 840367