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1576. [ALDINE] ALDUS MANUTIUS THE YOUNGER. DE QUAESITIS PER. EPISTOLAM LIBRI III. VENICE, 1576. 3 parts in one, 8vo. 18th century calf, spine label missing, with some spoiling and wear and maybe old glue repair to hinge; internally positions affected by light damp stain. Woodcut portrait vignette of Aldus the Elder on title, decorative woodcut initials Scarce work by Aldus Manutius the Younger, who was the son of Paulus Manutius, a renowned scholar of Cicero, and the namesake grandson of the illustrious Venetian printer Aldus Manutius, explores various subjects including astronomy, the Ptolemaic dynasty, and aspects of the liberal arts. Aldus the Younger represents the final generation of the Manutius family to operate their celebrated printing press in Venice.

UNITED STATES - UNITED STATES - SOCIETE DES CINCINNATI (1783) - FRENCH BRANCH MEMBER REDUCTION INSIGNIA, in chiseled vermeil and enamel, 10 x 30 mm, 12 mm wide ribbon, late 19th (1783) - FRENCH BRANCH MEMBER REDUCTION INSIGNIA, in chiseled vermeil and enamel, 10 x 30 mm, 12 mm wide ribbon. 19th ? C. In 1783 officers who had served in the Continental Army under General George Washington formed The Society of the Cincinnati, primarily for the purpose of maintaining personal relationships after the end of the Revolutionary War. The order adopted its name from Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus, a Roman statesman who took up arms for the good of the republic, but gladly relinquished power and returned to farming when the crisis had passed.