Lot 08004

CICERO Marcus Tullius, “In hoc volumine haec continentur: Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium lib. IIII. M.T. Ciceronis De inventione lib. II. Eiusdem De oratore ad Quintum fratrem lib. III. Eiusdem De claris oratoribus, qui dicitur Brutus: lib. I. Eiusdem Orator ad Brutum lib. I. Eiusdem Topica ad Trebatium lib. I. Eiusdem Oratoriae partitiones lib. I. Eiusdem De optimo genere oratorum praefatio quaedam”, Venice, ALDUS: In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, October 1521.

ff.[16], 245, [1]. Aldine device on title page and the last leaf. Second Aldine edition, a substantial reprint of the 1514 first edition, with the addition of an “Index rerum notabilium”.

External rubbing and wear along corners, joints and extremities. Just occasional marginalia (most possibly contemporary). Signs of marginal water-stain (ff.77-105 & 234-end).Ex libris label on pastedown “Jacques Van Wassenhove”. Later full Morocco. Boards with outer fillet in gilt and with blind-stamped paneled decorations, title on spine in gilt. Collated with the Ghent University copy.

Adams C 1677.