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MUSAEUS

Musaei opusculum de Herone & Leandro. Orphei Argonautica. Eiusdem hymni. Orpheus de lapidibus
Venice
Aldine Press (Heirs of Aldus the Elder)
November 1517
€800 - €1.200

8vo: 80 ff. Greek poetry printed in fine Greek italics. Musaeus' poem also with facing Latin translation. capital spaces with guide-letters. Woodcut mark (dolphin and anchor) on title and at the end. (washed, 1st and last ff. spotted). 19th-c. diced russia, blind-decorated covers with gilt ruled border, gilt spine with 4 raised bands and morocco label, a.e.g., gilt sides, gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers. Very good copy

Nice Aldine collection. Ref. Edit16 37563. - Renouard 81:8. - Ahmanson- Murphy 159. - Adams M-1991. Prov. Ch. Pieters [?] (Elzevier bibliographer, 1782-1863; bookpl. erased). Henri Tardive (bookpl.)