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LUCANUS, Marcus Annaeus

[Pharsalia] (De Bello Civili)

Venice
Aldus the Elder
(April 1502)

€800 - €1.200

8vo: [140] ff. Printed in italics. Capital spaces with guide-letters. (washed, first and last ff. toned and spotted, final f. underlaid). 19th-c. blind-decorated burgundy morocco, gilt central ornament, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, gilt sides, a.e.g., gilt ruled border inside, blue silk marker. Very good copy

First Aldine edition of Lucan, based on the 1493 Venice ed. but corrected by Aldus Manutius. It is interesting to note that this edition predates the invention of the famous typographic brand: Aldus had not yet created the famous Aldine anchor, which was published for the first time only two months later. Ref. Edit16 36129. - Renouard 33:3. - Ahmanson-Murphy 56. - Adams L-1557. Prov. Some old annotations and reader's marks (partly faded). On covers gilt device with motto 'Patria cara carior Libertas' (British, unidentified)

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