[Rarebooks] FS: 1st (& only) Aldine ed. of Italian poet & alchemist Augurello. Venice: 1505

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(ALDINE PRESS) Augurellus, Joannes Aurelius. [POEMATA]. (Venice: In Aedibus Aldi. April 1505). Sm. 8vo. ff.(128) complete with blank A2 and blank Q7. Aldine anchor & dolphin device on verso of final leaf. 17th century vellum, somewhat soiled. With the bookplates of late 18th century Italian collector Carlo Astorri, and the 19th century English collector Henry Latham.    $4,000.00 (trade discount allowed)

The first and only Aldine edition of the Italian Renaissance poet and alchemist, Augurello (1454-1537). His “first book” of poetry was printed in Verona in 1491. The Aldine 1505 edition is expanded to two books. See Renouard 1505/2 (“belle et rare”). Adams A2152. Thorndike VIII, p. 279,298,364.

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