Shelfmark
En.9.06
Title
Epistolæ clarorum virorum, selectae de quamplurimis optimæ, ad indicandam nostrorum temporum eloquentiam.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Venetiis : M.D. LVI. Apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi filium, cum priuilegio, 1556.
Physical description
129, [3] leaves ; 8vo.
Note
Printer's device on the title-page; verso of the final leaf.
Note
Reprinted the same year in Paris by Bernard Turrisan in a duodecimo edition.
Note
Signatures: A-Q[sup]8, R[sup]4.
Note
Colophon includes collation statement.
Citation/references note
Renouard, A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde p.169, no.13
Provenance
Booklabel: From the library of Louis Thompson Rowe of XV Hammersmith Terrace, W.
Provenance
MS inscription on booklabel: "Arthur Cole. Lincoln's Inn. 1928". Arthur Cole purchased some of the books of his friend Louis Thompson Rowe on his death in 1927. The music books in this purchase were donated by Cole to King's College, Cambridge.
Provenance
MS inscription on front flyleaf: "H. Beale China 1820".
Binding
19th century red morocco; gold tooled and blind tooled decorative frames; gold tooled aldine anchor and dolphin device as centrepiece; gold tooled decoration on spine; gold edges; green silk ribbon.
Subject
Latin letters Early works to 1800.
Subject
Humanism Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Manuzio, Paolo, 1512 - 1574 printer.
Added entry--name
Rowe, Louis Thompson, 1855 - 1927 former owner.
Added entry--name
Cole, Arthur, 1883 - 1968 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B18748