Adda, Ad omnes iuris civilis interpretes oratio, Venice, Aldus, 1546, marbled boards

Adda, Ferdinando d'. Ferdinandi Abduensis Mediolanensis patritii equitis illustrissimi Senatus veneti, & celeberrimi ac florentissimi gymnasii patavini rectoris ad omnes iuris civilis interpretes, ac eius disciplinae studiosos contra iurisprudentiae vituperatores oratio… Eiusdem epigrammata nonnulla, quae diversas amplectuntur sententias. Venice: [sons of Aldo Manuzio], 1546

8vo (149 x 99 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-F⁸: 48 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso. (Occasional light soiling.)

binding: Nineteenth-century brown marbled boards (158 x 108 mm), red morocco lettering-pieces to spine. (Wear to ends of spine, corners bumped, front hinge starting, bookplate removed from front pastedown)

provenance: Sir Robert Horton (his sale, Bonhams London, 12 November 2013, lot 93). acquisition: Purchased at the Bonhams sale. references: UCLA 356; Edit16 15822; Renouard 137/14