M. Tullij Cicereronis Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quintu[m] fratrem, summa diligentia castigatae, ut in ijs menda, quae plurima erant, paucissima iam supersint. Pauli Manutij in easdem epistolas Scholia, quibus abditi locorum sensus ostenduntur, cum explicatione castigationum, quae in his epistolis pene innumerabiles factae sunt.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1540
Materials
Place of origin
Venice
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3007917
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 331, [11]; [24] leaves ; 8vo. Running number: 7016. Binding: eighteenth-century full calf; sewn on five supports; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine with eight-pointed star tool in fillet and stamp panels; brown leather spine label with gilt title 'CICERONIS AD ATTICUM', imprint 'ALDI 1540' lettered directly on spine; red sprinkled bookblock edges; comb and swirl pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), author Titus Pomponius Atticus (112/109-35/32 BC), correspondent Marcus Junius Brutus (85-42 BC), correspondent Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), correspondent Paolo Manuzio (1512-1574), author Paolo Manuzio (1512-1574), printer