Statius Sylvarum libri quinque, Orthographia 1502

ALDUS PRESS. STATIUS, PUBLIUS PAPINIUS. Sylvarum libri quinque Thebaidos libri duodecim Achilleidos duo - Orthographia et flexus dictionum Graecarum omnium. Venetiis (in Academia Aldi), Venice (Aldus) 1502. 2 parts in one volume.

Small 8vo (160x100 mm). (296) leaves. Last leaf with printer´s device in woodcut.
Later vellum (late 17th century), spine gilt with title label and paper label, text on lower edge, partly worn and with partly split edges. Some contemporary notes on title and to margins, some shaved. About 3 leaves repaired mostly to margins, some worming to margins, some staining about 10 leaves harder. Bookplate of Biblioteca Giuliari and Gustav Filliol Day.

First Aldus edition. Collation: a-z8, A-F8, G4, A-B8, C4, a-e8.