DE BELLO PUNICO SECUNDO XVII LIBRI NUPER DILIGENTISSIME CASTIGATI
Venetiis [Venice]: In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri, 1523. Octavo, 210 f. In Very Good condition. Bound in 19th century full red leather with gilt ornamentation to spine and boards, and gilt titling to spine. Housed in a modern clamshell box with taupe cloth spine and edges and marbled paper boards. Box with light rubbing and shelf wear to corners and edges. Binding with light plus rubbing and shelf wear to edges, corners, and head and tail of spine; boards lightly rubbed and scratched. Gilt ornamentation to edges of boards and turn ins. Marbled endpapers. 18th century ownership inscriptions in ink to verso of front free endpaper; pencil annotations to endpapers. Text block lightly age toned with gilt edges. Text in Latin. USTC: 856366. Text in Latin. BW Consignment. Shelved case 3.
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NOTES
The Aldine Press, which published this work, was established by Aldus Manutius in Venice in the year 1494. Among his many contributions to the early history of print, Aldus was the first to use what is now known as an italic typeface. Following his death in 1515, the press was fun by various members of his family. When the present work was printed in 1523, it was under the leadership of Maria, Aldus's widow, and her father, Andrea Torresano.