Lot 14
Stephanus Byzantinus
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
£2,000
Description
Peri poleon. Stephanus De urbibus. Venezia: apud Aldo Manuzio, 1502. Editio princeps, folio, in a possibly early red morocco Venetian binding, though also possibly not original, lacking leaf AA i with the Latin introduction, some worming, occasionally affecting text, last two leaves with some stains and holes, inner margins repaired.
Footnote
Note: USTC 85753. The manuscript from which Aldus worked was incomplete; he indicated in the colophon the lacuna by omitting the letter F in the quire sequence, expecting the reader to supply the missing text should it be discovered. Collates AA2 - AA8 BB, CC, DD, EE, HG, OH, II, KK, AL