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OVIDIUS NASO, Publius

Cl. Ptolemaei inerrantium stellarum siginifcationes per Nicolaum Leonicum e graeco translatae. XII. Romanorum menses in ueteribus monumentis Romae reperti. Sex proprium mensuum digestio ex sex Ouidij Fastorum libris excerptae. P. Ovidi Nasonis Fastorum li

Venice
Aldine Press (Paulus Manutius)
December 1533

€180 - €240

8vo: [21, 3 bl.]-227-[1 bl., 4] ff. Woodcut mark (dolphin and anchor) on title and at the end. Printed in italics. Capital spaces with guide-letters. (incl. 9 original blanks: [22-24], lll6-8, ttt7-8 and FFF4; some quires soiled, spotted or stained, some blank top corners repaired). Mod. vellum, spine with 4 raised bands and (older) morocco labels, blue edges. Good copy

Third volume, complete in itself, of the 1533-1534 Aldine Ovid. To this is added a rare treatise on astronomy ascribed to Ptolemy. Ref. Edit16 27209. - Renouard 190:8 (III). - Ahmanson-Murphy 266 (III). - Adams P-2239. Prov. A single old note and some old scribbling. William George Stirling (heraldic bookpl.)

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