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[Rhetoric - Aldine Press] - ASCONIUS PEDIANUS - Expositio in IIII. orationes M. Tullii Cic. contr...

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[Rhetoric - Aldine Press] - ASCONIUS PEDIANUS - Expositio in IIII. orationes M. Tullii Cic. contr...
[Rhetoric - Aldine Press] - ASCONIUS PEDIANUS - Expositio in IIII. orationes M. Tullii Cic. contra C. Verrem & (...) [C. Marii] Victorini commentarij in libros M.T.C. de inventione & Georgij Trapezuntij in Orationem pro Q. Ligario. Venice, Aldus Manutius & Andrea Asolani, Dec. 1522 [bound with] VALERIUS MAXIMUS - Exempla quatuor et viginti nuper inventa ante caput de ominibus. Venice, Aldus Manutius & Andrea [Asolani], Oct. 1514. 2 works in 1 vol., 8vo, later polished calf, gilt and blindruled borders on covers, elaborately gilt spine, gilt sides, polished red edges, marbled endpapers, silk markers, [12]-283-[1], 215-[1] ff. (I: blank *4 present). Nice, clean copy. € 500/700 I : Important Aldine edition by Francesco Torresani (d. 1546) of the extensive commentary on Cicero's rhetorical works by the Roman grammarian Asconius from Padua (1st C.). Aldine mark on title and last page. Printed in italics. II : Early edition of the historical examples collected by Valerius Maximus (1st C.). Colophon (cc8) cut out and pasted on title, "registrum" pasted on *5v. Aldine mark on titlepage. Printed in italics. Old note on title. Ref. I: Index Aureliensis 109.274. Renouard 228-229 nr. 10. Adams A-2054. Machiels A-994. STCItalian (BL London) p. 59. BN Paris (1). II: Renouard 163 nr. 10. Adams V-92. STCItalian (BL London) p. 708. BN Paris (1). Not in Machiels.