Pontanus (Johannes Jovianus) Opera, [Venice], [Aldus

Pontanus (Johannes Jovianus) Opera, collation: a-ff8 gg10, Italic and some Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., initial spaces with guide-letters, water-stained, foxing, mostly marginal, later vellum, little spotted and marked, 8vo (165 x 95mm.), [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [March to August, 1505].

⁂ First Aldine edition of the works of this Italian humanist and poet, which is rare at auction. L'Urania and Le Meteore are printed here for the first time.

Literature: Not in Adams; Ahmanson-Murphy 91: Renouard, Alde, 49:4; EDIT 16 CNCE 36164.