Senecae Tragoediae. Florence: Philippa de Giunta, 1506, 8vo.
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A lovely copy of the rare 1506 Giunta printing of Seneca, printed in the manner of Aldus Manutius both typographically and in format. This is the first edition to include Bernardo Riccardini's argumenta as well as a commentary on the life of Seneca.
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Size: 109 x 165 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(2), a-z8, &8, A-D8 (-D8), (2)]
223 of 224 leaves, lacking the D8 blank else collating as complete. 19th century finely decorated full calf, spine titles tooled in gilt, boards very attractively stamped in blind. Binding rubbed, but well presented. Both boards securely attached, binding secure, stands without shelf lean. Early writing to top page edge (illegible). Title leaf with a small repair, a2 with an early repair to bottom margin not affecting text. A few capitals are supplemented in an early hand. a8 blank recto with a hand-drawn emblem of a tree with a city view in the background (unidentified). A little loss to m5 outer blank marginal space. Mild toning throughout, dampstaining in upper right beginning in t gathering, progressing through towards the end of the text block with the final few leaves (D-D7) with much more prominent staining which does not obscure the legibility of the text, else generally a well preserved copy.
[EDIT 16 CNCE 28714; USTC 855882].
