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Antiquarum Lectionum Commentarious, Aldine 1516

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Antiquarum Lectionum Commentarious, Aldine 1516
RHODIGINI, LODOUICI CAELII. Antiquarum Lectionum Commentarious. Sixteen Books of Selections from the Ancients. Venice: Aldine Press, 1516. 4to (12 1/4 x 9 in.). Mottled calf, six gilt raised bands interspersed with intricate gilt tooling; tooling on all edges; a small old paper label reading 1516 attached; marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. The title page includes the Aldine anchor in red, and alswo at the back in black. This edition is dedicated by the author to Jean Grolier, Secretary to the King of the French, and Chief Treasurer in Milan. The volume appears complete. Good. There are tiny wormholes in the leather at the top and bottom of the spine, and losses/splitting of the leather. There are losses to the surface of the leather on the front and back. The marbling of the page edges is faded/discolored. A previous modern owner's bookplate is glued to the pastedown, and the front free endpaper, with stamped and written catalog(?) numbers, adheres to the marbled endpaper. There is some light foxing/toning, with several pages very darkened, but most pages look good. There is old marginalia on pages 6-9.