De exemplis illustrium virorum Venete civitatis, atque aliarium gentium

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16mo. Woodcut Aldine anchor device on title and several woodcut initials. [vii], 334, [1, colophon] leaves. Collation: á^8 é^8 a-z^8 A-S^8 T^8(-T8, blank). Contemporary calf, tooled in blind to panel design, gilt medallion centerpiece, and gilt fleur-de-lys cornerpieces, rebacked; ffep removed, occasional faint staining, some foxing throughout, small worming lower margin of final few gatherings. Early illegible ownership signatures to title An uncommon Parisian Aldine; the first book of eighteen published by Bernard Torresanus, the grandson of Andrea Torresano, who was the father-in-law and successor of Aldus Manutius. The work is a posthumous collection of lives of famous Venetians by Giovanni Battista Cipelli (1473-1553), who wrote under the pseudonym Egnatius. Book 8 includes a note on Columbus.REFERENCE: Adams E82; Renouard 295-1; Ahmanson-Murphy 1043. N° de ref. del artículo 100872

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