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Manuzio, Aldo I. Institutionum grammaticarum libri quatuor. Quae quoque libro continentur hanc uoluenti chartam statim se offerunt [Latin and Greek]. Venice: Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, December 1514 The third Aldine edition of Aldo's grammar. The copy of Francesco Maria Piccolomini (d. 1599), who served as Bishop of Montalcino and Bishop of Pienza under Pope Julius III and Pope Pius IV, respectively. 4to (218 x 151 mm). Greek, Roman and Hebrew type, 35 lines. collation: a-z8 &10 aa-bb8 [cc]4: 214 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title-page in red and on &10, printed in red and black. (aaa1 dampstained, intermittent light spotting and toning.) binding: Early yellow pasteboards (225 x 160 mm), large paper label at foot of spine with shelfmark, red edges. (Spine sunned.) provenance: Francesco Maria Piccolomini (d. 1599), inscription on title-page. acquisition: Purchased from Fiammetta Soave, Rome, 1984. references: UCLA 129; Renouard 69/10; Aldo Manuzio tipografo 131; Grolier/Aldus 8; Edit16 37481; USTC840311