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MANUTIUS, ALDUS, the Elder. Institutionum grammaticarum libri quatuor. Aldine woodcut device printed in red. Some use of Greek and Hebrew types. [214] leaves, with early manuscript foliation. 4to, 207x148 mm, unrestored contemporary 1/4 blind-ruled calf, wooden boards with 2 catches and clasps, stains on front portion of spine, few small wormholes in front joint, partial split between front free endpaper and title; wormhole in blank lower margin of title and next 2 leaves, repaired clean tear in q6, scattered early marginalia; early calligraphic title in ink on fore and bottom edges. Early manuscript monogram S. G. P. on title; remnant of 19th-century Salis-Soglio-Mayenfeld armorial bookplate. (Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, December 1514)
Third Aldine edition, and the last published in the author's lifetime, of a Latin grammar concluding with an introduction to the elements of Greek and Hebrew. Renouard, page 69(10); New UCLA 111.
