MUSAEUS. Opusculum de Herone et Leandro, in Greek and Latin. -- ORPHEUS. Argonautica. Hymni. De Lapidibus, in Greek. Venice: Aldo Manuzio and Andrea Torresano, November 1517. Aldine 8° (152 x 87mm). Italic and Greek type. Woodcut dolphin and anchor device (Fletcher 3) on title, two woodcut illustrations. 18th-century red morocco gilt, paneled sides, gilt edges (some wear at spine.) Provenance: Duke of Grafton (pencil note on flyleaf; sale, Evans, 6 June 1815) -- paper label ‘3631’ on front pastedown -- W.J. Monson (bookplate; pencil note of his purchase from Payne & Foss for £1 5s).

MUSAEUS. Opusculum de Herone et Leandro, in Greek and Latin. -- ORPHEUS. Argonautica. Hymni. De Lapidibus, in Greek. Venice: Aldo Manuzio and Andrea Torresano, November 1517. Aldine 8° (152 x 87mm). Italic and Greek type. Woodcut dolphin and anchor device (Fletcher 3) on title, two woodcut illustrations. 18th-century red morocco gilt, paneled sides, gilt edges (some wear at spine.) Provenance: Duke of Grafton (pencil note on flyleaf; sale, Evans, 6 June 1815) -- paper label ‘3631’ on front pastedown -- W.J. Monson (bookplate; pencil note of his purchase from Payne & Foss for £1 5s).

EDITIO PRINCEPS of De Lapidibus. Musaeus's Opusculum is reset after the first Aldine edition of c. 1495-97, and the first two works of Orpheus reproduce the text of the very rare Giunta edition of 1500. The woodcuts are copies of those appearing in the first Aldine edition, which were the first illustrations published by the Aldine Press. Adams M-1991; Ahmanson-Murphy 138; Renouard 81.8; Sander 4913