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Manuzio, Paolo. Epistolarum Pauli Manutii libri XI. Vno nuper addito. Eiusdem quae praefationes appellantur. [Part 2:] Pauli Manutii Praefationes quibus libri ad illustres viros aut ad amicos missi commendantur. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1573 Fine-paper copy. 8vo (145 x 97 mm). Italic and roman type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A8 B-Z8 AA-NN8 a-i8: 360 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page. (Scattered browning, foxing, and staining.) binding: Contemporary limp vellum (150 x 104 mm), traces of two pairs of ties, plain edges, manuscript title on spine. (Damage to foot of upper cover and spine, text block nearly detached.)
provenance: Jesuit College, Parma, inscription to title-page, "Collegio Parm (?) Soc. Jesu" [Collegio dei Nobili] — Remo Giazotto (1910-1998) — Christie's Rome, 16 June 1999, lot 120. acquisition: Purchased at Christie's via Michel Wittock. references: UCLA 858; Renouard 216/9; Edit16 27502; USTC 840493