Manuzio, Paolo. In M. Tullii Ciceronis orationes … commentarius. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1578 Large paper. Likely a presentation copy to Giacomo Boncompagni—the Duke of Sora, and the illegitimate son of Pope Gregory XIII—from Aldo Manuzio the Younger. The binding exhibits the Boncompagni arms with the same "papal" augmentation as the six examples known to Paul Needham (cf. Twelve Centuries of Bookbindings: 400-1600, no. 77). Its overall decoration, however, is more elaborate, befitting a dedication copy of a significant work from the Aldine press. This volume is dedicated to Pope Gregory XIII (volumes II and III, published in 1579 and not present here, were dedicated to Luigi Cardinal d'Este and Francesco de' Medici respectively). Paolo Manuzio dedicated volume II of his 1572 edition of Cicero’s Orationes to Boncompagni; and Aldo Manuzio the Younger dedicated his 1579 edition Cicero’s Epistolae familiares to Boncompagni as well. Fumagalli considered engraved portrait of Paolo Manuzio on the verso of the title-page to be one of the greatest illustrations of the sixteenth century. Super-Median folio (355 x 236 mm). Roman and italic type, 63 lines plus headline. collation: *4 A-Z4 AA4 BB4 CC-YY4 ZZ4 AAA-CCC4: 200 leaves. Woodcut portrait of Aldus the Elder on title-page, engraved portrait of Paolo Manutio on verso of title, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. (Foxing and browning, worming to lower margin, occasional marginal dampstaining.)
binding: Possibly Venetian red morocco (361 x 253 mm), ca. 1578, frame formed by two gilt fillets, flanked by multiple blind fillets, gilt winged dragons at angles, interlaced lozenge and rectangle formed by two gilt and multiple blind fillets, arms of Duke of Sora in center surrounded by border frame and interstices of leafy azured tools, stirrups, winged angel heads, arabesques, and winged dragons, traces of four pairs of fabric ties, spine with raised bands in five compartments, second with gilt-lettered title, others with winged dragons, edges gilt and gauffered to a vine leaf, grape, and tendril pattern, with the leaves and grapes colored white. (Spine rebacked to style in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, later endleaves.) Housed in gray cloth dropback box. provenance: Likely Aldo II Manuzio, presentation copy — Giacomo Boncompagni, duca di Sora (1548-1612), armorial supralibros, the Boncompagni wyvern in compartments of spine — Richard Gregory (1761-1839), ex libris to front pastedown; purchase inscription (Rome, 7 May 1821) on first page of text — Isabella Augusta Persse (1852-1932), Lady Gregory; her sale, Sotheby's London, 20-21 March 1972, lot 11 — Maggs Bros., London, purchased in previous — Sotheby's London, 17 October 1978, lot 106 — Alan G. Thomas, London, purchased in previous sale — Robert Hesketh, ex libris to front pastedown. acquisition: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1997. references: UCLA 907; Renouard 225/3; Edit16 27564; USTC 840496
Manuzio, Paolo. In M. Tullii Ciceronis orationes … commentarius. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1578 Large paper. Likely a presentation copy to Giacomo Boncompagni—the Duke of Sora, and the illegitimate son of Pope Gregory XIII—from Aldo Manuzio the Younger. The binding exhibits the Boncompagni arms with the same "papal" augmentation as the six examples known to Paul Needham (cf. Twelve Centuries of Bookbindings: 400-1600, no. 77). Its overall decoration, however, is more elaborate, befitting a dedication copy of a significant work from the Aldine press. This volume is dedicated to Pope Gregory XIII (volumes II and III, published in 1579 and not present here, were dedicated to Luigi Cardinal d'Este and Francesco de' Medici respectively). Paolo Manuzio dedicated volume II of his 1572 edition of Cicero’s Orationes to Boncompagni; and Aldo Manuzio the Younger dedicated his 1579 edition Cicero’s Epistolae familiares to Boncompagni as well. Fumagalli considered engraved portrait of Paolo Manuzio on the verso of the title-page to be one of the greatest illustrations of the sixteenth century. Super-Median folio (355 x 236 mm). Roman and italic type, 63 lines plus headline. collation: *4 A-Z4 AA4 BB4 CC-YY4 ZZ4 AAA-CCC4: 200 leaves. Woodcut portrait of Aldus the Elder on title-page, engraved portrait of Paolo Manutio on verso of title, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. (Foxing and browning, worming to lower margin, occasional marginal dampstaining.)
binding: Possibly Venetian red morocco (361 x 253 mm), ca. 1578, frame formed by two gilt fillets, flanked by multiple blind fillets, gilt winged dragons at angles, interlaced lozenge and rectangle formed by two gilt and multiple blind fillets, arms of Duke of Sora in center surrounded by border frame and interstices of leafy azured tools, stirrups, winged angel heads, arabesques, and winged dragons, traces of four pairs of fabric ties, spine with raised bands in five compartments, second with gilt-lettered title, others with winged dragons, edges gilt and gauffered to a vine leaf, grape, and tendril pattern, with the leaves and grapes colored white. (Spine rebacked to style in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, later endleaves.) Housed in gray cloth dropback box. provenance: Likely Aldo II Manuzio, presentation copy — Giacomo Boncompagni, duca di Sora (1548-1612), armorial supralibros, the Boncompagni wyvern in compartments of spine — Richard Gregory (1761-1839), ex libris to front pastedown; purchase inscription (Rome, 7 May 1821) on first page of text — Isabella Augusta Persse (1852-1932), Lady Gregory; her sale, Sotheby's London, 20-21 March 1972, lot 11 — Maggs Bros., London, purchased in previous — Sotheby's London, 17 October 1978, lot 106 — Alan G. Thomas, London, purchased in previous sale — Robert Hesketh, ex libris to front pastedown. acquisition: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1997. references: UCLA 907; Renouard 225/3; Edit16 27564; USTC 840496
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