Aldus.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) [De institutione oratoria], first Aldine edition, Venice, [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], 1514.

Aldus.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) [De institutione oratoria], first Aldine edition, collation: *4, a-z A-E8, F6, (lacking blank *4), title with woodcut printer's device, ink marginalia largely faded and illegible, some light water-staining towards end, slight worming affecting text towards end, later panelled calf, spine repaired, 8vo (201 x 120mm.), Venice, [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], 1514.

⁂ Scarce and important first Aldine edition of this work on oratory.

Provenance: Charles Bernard (inscription on title - surgeon, died 1710, sale, Black Boy coffeehouse, London,1711, lot 534); William Forster Smithe (inscription on title and front pastedown); A.J. Canham (bookplate); William O'Brien and Milltown Park Library (booklabels)

Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 54150; Renouard 68:5; Adams Q52; Ahmanson-Murphy 124.