Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
Property from the Loverdos Collection
Lot Closed
July 18, 10:13 AM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Aelius Aristides
Λογοι. Orationes. (Florence: Filippo Giunta, 20 May 1517)
folio (283 x 184mm.), text in Greek, woodcut printer's device on final leaf (otherwise blank), red crushed morocco gilt in period style by Riviere, spine gilt with Devonshire monogram (of intertwined Ds) in compartments, gilt edges, spine lightly faded
EDITIO PRINCEPS of the orations of Aristides, printed with the Kallierges Venice typeface.
A manuscript note on the title-page indicates that this was once bound together with the Aldine edition of Isocrates.
LITERATURE
Edit16 2847
PROVENANCE
Richard Bentley (1662-1742), signature on flyleaf; Chatsworth, bookplate, sale of the property of the 10th Duke of Devonshire's Charitable Trust, Christie's, 30 September 1981, lot 27