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Epigrammata (Epigrams)
1501
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Printed book, unillustrated
Dimensions
Overall: 16.5 x 10.8 x 2.2 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1341
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1501
Catalogue Raisonné
British Museum, STC Italian, p. 420
Description(Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1501) Octavo; 208 leaves; modern gilt-stamped red morocco (Capé).
First Aldine edition of Martial, printed in small italic type designed and cut for Aldus by Francesco Griffo (first introduced in Aldine Virgil of April 1501--the Martial was printed in December). An example of Aldus's program of printing scholarly texts in a small format, available for students and a wider public.
First Aldine edition of Martial, printed in small italic type designed and cut for Aldus by Francesco Griffo (first introduced in Aldine Virgil of April 1501--the Martial was printed in December). An example of Aldus's program of printing scholarly texts in a small format, available for students and a wider public.
ProvenanceMaggs Bros., Ltd., London, from whom purchased by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), Sept. 1903; bequeathed by him to MFA, November 17, 1937.