Horace, [Carmina], Venice, Aldus, 1555, contemporary calf gilt, Nicot copy

Horatius Flaccus, Quintus

Horatius. M. Antonii Mureti in eundem annotationes. Aldi Manutii de metris Horatianis. Eiusdem annotationes in Horatium. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1555

8vo (159 x 96mm.), woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso, woodcut initials, text in italics, ruled in red, contemporary (French or Italian) calf gilt, flat spine gilt, gilt edges, joints and ends of spine neatly repaired

A charming copy of an Aldine Horace.

LITERATURE:

Edit16 22712; Renouard 165/12

PROVENANCE:

Ex bibliotheca Nicotiana, inscription on flyleaf (i.e. Jean Nicot, d. 1600), with his motto in Greek and Italian; Pellelupina, early inscription on flyleaf; Ex libris S. [--] Carnotensis [Chartres], inscription on title-page