M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolae familiares, diligentius, quàm quae hactenus exierunt, emendatae. Pauli Manutii Scholia, quibus & loci familiarium epistolarum obscuriores explanantur, et castigationu[m], quae in ijsdem epistolis factae sunt, ratio redditur.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1540
Materials
Place of origin
Venice
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3007927
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], ii-cclxvii, [50] leaves ; 8vo. Running number: 7014. Wanting blank leaves A2-3. 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. EPISTOLAE FAMILIARES:' and 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 Paolo Manuzio (1512-1574), author Paolo Manuzio (1512-1574), printer