May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 1

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
CAESAR, CAIUS JULIUS. [Opera.] 5 full-page woodcut illustrations; double-page woodcut maps of Gaul and Iberia. [16], 296 leaves, including the 2 blanks and colophon leaf. Faintly ruled in red throughout, with initial strokes in yellow on approximately the first 20 leaves. 8vo, modern calf; light soiling on title, contents otherwise clean. (Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea Asolano, January 1518-November 1519)

Additional Details

Second Aldine edition. Renouard, page 88.