Lot 62
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ULPIAN (c.170-228). Commentarioli in Olynthiacas, Philippicasq; in Demosthenis orationes. Venice: Aldus Manutius, June 1527. 2° (298 x 205mm). Collation: AA-LL8 (title with device f7, preface, Ulpian); MM-PP8 (Harpocration, device f6). 120 leaves. Greek type GK3 (second casting). 54 lines and headline, double column in Harpocration. Initial-spaces and guide-letters. (Small worm-track in gutter of title, occasional light dust-soiling and light marginal spotting.) Early 19th-century faux tree calf printed paper boards, morocco spine label (extremities rubbed, joints cracked but firm, corners bumped). Provenance: H. Usener (neat ownership signature, Bonn 1857) -- Bonn, Kunstmuseum (circular library stamp on A1v).
ULPIAN (c.170-228). Commentarioli in Olynthiacas, Philippicasq; in Demosthenis orationes. Venice: Aldus Manutius, June 1527. 2° (298 x 205mm). Collation: AA-LL8 (title with device f7, preface, Ulpian); MM-PP8 (Harpocration, device f6). 120 leaves. Greek type GK3 (second casting). 54 lines and headline, double column in Harpocration. Initial-spaces and guide-letters. (Small worm-track in gutter of title, occasional light dust-soiling and light marginal spotting.) Early 19th-century faux tree calf printed paper boards, morocco spine label (extremities rubbed, joints cracked but firm, corners bumped). Provenance: H. Usener (neat ownership signature, Bonn 1857) -- Bonn, Kunstmuseum (circular library stamp on A1v).

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ULPIAN (c.170-228). Commentarioli in Olynthiacas, Philippicasq; in Demosthenis orationes. Venice: Aldus Manutius, June 1527. 2° (298 x 205mm). Collation: AA-LL8 (title with device f7, preface, Ulpian); MM-PP8 (Harpocration, device f6). 120 leaves. Greek type GK3 (second casting). 54 lines and headline, double column in Harpocration. Initial-spaces and guide-letters. (Small worm-track in gutter of title, occasional light dust-soiling and light marginal spotting.) Early 19th-century faux tree calf printed paper boards, morocco spine label (extremities rubbed, joints cracked but firm, corners bumped). Provenance: H. Usener (neat ownership signature, Bonn 1857) -- Bonn, Kunstmuseum (circular library stamp on A1v).

SECOND ALDINE EDITION reprinted from Aldus's edition of 1503. Harpocration's lexicon, which makes up the final four gatherings of this work, covers technical terms in Athenian law. A HANDSOME COPY. Adams U-50, H-69; Ahmanson-Murphy 245.

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