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CICERON, Marcus Tullius - MANUZIO, Aldo. Locutioni dell'epistole di Cicerone scielte da Aldo Mannucci. Venice, [Aldo Manuzio il Giovane], 1582 8vo; 160x100 mm. Rustic binding. Manuscript title to spine. Pp. [48], 367, [65]. Frontispiece in xylographic frame; xylographic friezes with putti and gorgons; xylographic figured initials, italic typeface. On paper a2 dedication by Aldo Manuzio, dated August 1, 1575, to Claudio Pozzo. Good copy. Rare edition. Refined dictionary of style with expressions, formulas and idioms taken from Cicero's letters. Important work by the young Aldo Manuzio, 1547-1597, publisher, printer and scholar, son of Paolo and grandson of the more famous Aldo Manuzio the Elder. These 'Locutioni' chosen by the young and extremely erudite Aldo Manuzio, are offered in Italian and Latin: they will prove, as the subtitle indicates, "most useful for composing in the one and the other Language." They also contain full-bodied Indexes, in Italian and Latin, to find the locutions contained in the book. Russo: "... the volume on the Locutioni of Cicero's epistles ... in which the treatments that M., following in his father's wake, had devoted for years to the Ciceronian epistolary (a similar volume starting with the works of Terence would appear in 1585) converged and was reused in a manualistic key." Renouard notes that in this work the young Aldo adopts the new signature 'Aldo Mannucci" to suggest a kinship between his family and that of the noble Mannucci family of Florence.Renouard p. 231, n. 6. Emilio Russo, D.B.I., Vol. 69, 2007. 8vo; 160x100 mm. Sewing binding. Handwritten title on the spine. Pp. [48], 367, [65]. Title page in woodcut frame; woodcut ornaments with cherubs and gorgons; illustrated woodcut initials, italic type. A2 leaf dedication by Aldo Manuzio, dated August 1, 1575, to Claudio Pozzo. Good specimen. Rare edition. Refined style dictionary with expressions, formulas and idioms taken from Cicero's letters. Important work by the young Aldus Manutius, 1547-1597, publisher, printer and scholar, son of Paolo and nephew of the more famous Aldus Manutius the Elder. These 'Locutions', chosen by the young and extremely erudite Aldo Manuzio, are proposed in Italian and Latin: they will be, as the subtitle indicates, "very useful for composing in both languages." They also contain substantial indices, in Italian and Latin, to find the phrases contained in the book. Russo: "... the volume on the Locutions of the Epistles of Cicero ... in which the care that M., following in his father's footsteps, had devoted for years to the Ciceronian epistolary converged and was reused in a manualistic key (a similar volume starting from the works of Terence would have appeared in 1585)." Renouard notes that in this work the young Aldo adopts the new signature 'Aldo Mannucci" to suggest a kinship between his family and that of the noble Mannuccis of Florence.

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