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CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS. Epistolarum ad Atticum, ad Brutum, ad Quintum fratrem, libri XX. [16], 331, [1] leaves, including final leaf with Aldine device. 8vo, 163x100 mm, 19th-century dark green morocco gilt with wreath centerpiece on covers; light soiling and faded inscription on title, scattered early marginalia, light dampstaining in lower outer corners toward end; gilt edges, gauffered with bands of repeating small circles across top, fore, and bottom edges. (Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, June 1513)
first aldine edition. Renouard, page 61(3); New UCLA 113. From the libraries of Baron Achille Seillière (1813-73), with his bookplate (sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 29 February 1887, lot 292); George Dunn, with his bookplate (sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 3 February 1919, lot 949); and the classical scholar William Smith Watt (1913-2002; sale, Bloomsbury, 25 September 1997, lot 258).
