BOOK, Second Aldine edition of Valerius Maximus, 1514.

Valerius Maximus:

Exempla quatuor et viginti nuper inventa ante caput de ominibus.

Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1514. 8vo. 15 x 9 cm. 216 leaves. With Aldus’ device to title and final page.

Later binding covered in a facsimile incunabulum leaf in red & black, light dampstaining internally, first and last leaf with old annotations in ink, finger-soiled and with slight wear along edges, final leaf cut close at top slightly affecting page number.

Second aldine edition, based on the first of 1502. Aldus died in the following year, 1515

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