Epitome Orthographiae Aldi. Manutii Paulli. F. Aldi. N. Ex Libris antiquis, Grammaticis, Etymologia, Graeca consuetudine, Nummis ueteribus, Tabulis aereis, Lapidibus. Reliqua vi. pagella indicabit
Venetiis [Venice], Apud Aldum [Aldine Press], 1575.
Octavo, [xvi], 268 pages with woodcut title vignette and printer's device, and occasional decorative initials and ornaments; lacking the two blank leaves at the end.
Contemporary limp parchment, with manuscript titles in ink to the spine and bottom edge; covers worn and a little marked and cockled; worm track to a handful of later leaves (in the gutter); some scattered foxing and occasional light waterstains internally; a few other mild signs of age and handling; a very good copy.
An abridgment of Aldus the Younger's influential treatise on Latin orthography, 'Orthographiae Ratio'. It also contains treatises on punctuation ('Interpungendi ratio'), roman numerals ('Notarum ueterum explanatio'), the Roman calendar ('Kalendarium uetus Romanum'), pronunciation ('De vitiata vocalium ac diphthongorum prolatione), and letter-writing ('De conscribendis epistolis), by Manutius and his father Paulus. The title vignette is a portrait in profile of Aldus Manutius the elder, the author's grandfather and founder of the Aldine Press. Renouard 218:6; Edit16 27516; USTC 840384.
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