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SENECA, Lucius Annaeus (the younger, ca.4 B.C./1 A.D.- 65 A.D.). Tragoediae . Commentary by Gelius Bernardinus Marmita and Daniel Caietanus. Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 7 April 1498. Super-chancery 2° (315 x 212mm). Collation: A 4 a-b 8 c-z 6 & 4 (A1 title, A2 dedication by Caietanus to Leonardo Mocenigo, A3r poem by Polydore, A2-3 letters by both commentators to Guielmus de Rupeforti, a1r text, &4r register and printer's device). 150 leaves. 62 lines of commentary. Type: 3:108R, 1*:82R b , 82 Greek. Woodcut ornamental initials. (Wormhole affecting some letters, washed.) Contemporary Italian blindstamped calf sides preserved as inside liners in modern brown morocco binding stamped in gilt and blind by C. Hanson at the National Library of Wales, g.e. Provenance : Franscican convent at Borgo di Santo Sepolcro (stamp on A2). A tall copy. HC *14670; BMC V, 533 (IB. 24083); Goff S-438; Polain(B) 3488; IDL 4089; IGI 8910.