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Venegia [Venice]: nelle case d'Aldo Romano e d'Andrea Asolano, 1515. Second Aldine Edition. 170 x 100 mm. (6 3/4 x 3 7/8"). 129, [1] (blank) leaves. Single column, 30 lines, italic type. ATTRACTIVE EARLY 19TH CENTURY RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, GILT, covers with gilt floral border, bands very slightly raised, compartments with delicate gilt floral motif or gilt lettering, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. With Aldine printer's device on title and final page. Lowry, "World of Aldus Manutius," pp. 155-58; Kallendorf 122; Renouard 1515:5; Adams, B-579; EDIT16 CNCE 4988. For a detailed discussion of the different states of the first Aldine edition, see C. H. Clough, "Pietro Bembo's Gli Asolani of 1505" in Modern Language Notes, vol. 84 (1969), pp. 16-45. ◆Just a hint of rubbing to joints and extremities, tiny separation at foot of spine, a couple of short, shallow scratches to lower cover, but the very pretty binding extremely well preserved; title a little foxed, an occasional breath of foxing… Read More