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One of the first ‘pocket books’
Catullus. Tibullus. Propetius [sic]. Carmina,
Elegiae. Edited by H. Avantius. 3 parts in 1vol.
8° (147 × 90 mm). 152 f., italic letter, initials with
printed guides, two hand coloured initials, heightened
in gold, title on first and last leaf, penultimate
leaf with colophon. Light-brown morocco gilt,
signed by Carl Sonntag Jun. (c. 1900). Venice, Aldus
Manutius, January 1502. € 6800,–
Rare first Aldine edition of the Latin elegiac poets, here
the rare first issue with the misspelling “Propetius” on
the title-page (f. 1) and the error in Aldus’s dedicatory
letter to Marino Sanudo: ‘Benedicti filio’ instead of
‘Leonardo filio’ (f. 1 verso). This is one of the earliest
of the celebrated Aldine pocket classics, without the famous
Aldine dolphin-and-anchor device which appears
in octavo some monthes later, the first time in Dante in
Aug. 1502 (Fletcher). Bookplate and stamp “Exlibris
Friedrich De Schennis”. – Three leaves with German
manuscript notes about the authors and sources by a
former owner bound in before title. Some tiny wormholes
in last few leaves, otherwise a very fine copy in
an elegant binding. – Renouard 39, 16; Schweiger II, 77:
“jetzt ziemlich selten”; UCLA 52.
“The Polish Horace”
Sarbiewsky, Mathias Casimir. Lyricorum libri V.
Epodon Lib. Unus Alterq. Epigrammatum. Iuxta
exemplar Antverpiense. 16° (106 × 53 mm). 236
p., 2 f. blank. Engraved title page. Dedicated to
Pope Urban VIII (Barberini). Paris, I. Henault,
1647. € 1450,–
Contemporary Parisian binding in citron morocco gilt:
sides completely covered with a semé of fleurs-de-lys;
four raised bands on spine, the second compartment
lettered in gilt, the others filled with small fleurs-de-lys;
edges of boards gilt; edges gilt.
Rare first French edition. A fine little volume of Latin
poetry by the ‘Polish Horace’in a charming contemporary
fleurs-de-lys binding. Sarbiewsky (1595–1640),
whose name derives from his birthplace of Sarbiewo
near Warsaw, is regarded as one of the greatest Neo-
Latin poets of the baroque age. Our first French edition
is based on the definitive Plantin Moretus text of 1634.
It contains many odes not present in the earlier editions,
in particular the Polish battle hymn of St. Adalbert.
The delightful little binding is of superb finishing, the
semé of fleurs-de-lys is of perfect symmetry which is
quite difficult to achieve. For that reason, it might not
be one of the usual school-prize bindings (similarly
decorated, however much less perfect), but possibly a
presentation binding for an important person. Provenance:
1. Thomas Massey (contemporary ownership
inscription with note of purchase price on title page).
2. Ampleforth Abbey Library (with inscription note on
title page). In very good condition. – Scarce: NUC lists
only Cornell and Boston Public Library.
Deluxe Copy for
Empress Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma
Splendid Inlaid Morocco Binding by Lodigiani
Cicero, M. T. Sex orationum partes ante nostram
aetatem ineditae cum antiquo interprete… Accedunt
scholia … Codices Ambrosianos … Vita Ciceronis
… Angelus Maius Ambrosiani Collegii Doctor.
Large 4to (297 × 224 mm). Remarkably large-paper
copy. Frontispiece with portrait of the author and
two engraved plates at the end by Emmanuel Scottus;
1 f., XVI, 308 p., 1 f., 37 p., 2 f. Milan, Regiis
Typis, 1817. € 4600,–
Contemporary straight-grained red morocco gilt, blind
stamped and inlaid by Luigi Lodigiani: gilt floral border
round sides (Macchi, op. cit., scheda 23, reprod.), in the
panel connected rectangle and rhombus formed by gilt
fillets, in the intersecting parts small circles inlaid in
green morocco, flanked inside by a blind stamped palmette
leaf and outside a fleuron, at outside corners of
the rectangle a blind stamped fleuron and inside a blind
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