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Manuzio, Paolo. Tre libri di lettere volgari di Paolo Manutio. Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1556 First edition of Manuzio’s letters in Italian. 8vo (151 x 98 mm). Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A-R8: 136 leaves, foliated. Woodcut Aldine device on title- page. (Scattered foxing, instances of marginal dampstaining.) binding: Early nineteenth-century vellum (160 x 108 mm), with Fortescue arms on upper cover, flat spine with gilt rules forming six compartments, gilt-lettered morocco labels in second and fourth, plain edges, title lettered in ink on tail-edge. (Minor soiling.) provenance: Hon. George Matthew Fortescue (1791-1877), armorial supralibros — John Bevill Fortescue (1850-1938), by descent — John Grenville Fortescue (1896-1969),by descent — John Desmond Grenville Fortescue (1919-2017), by descent; identified as consignor, Christie's London, 24 March 1971, lot 181 — Alan G. Thomas, London, purchased in previous sale; Catalogue 30, item 106. acquisition: Purchased from Alan G. Thomas, London, 1973. references: UCLA 508; Renouard 169/15; Edit16 28016; USTC 840467