Statii Syluarum libri quinque Thebaidos libri duodecim Achilleidos duo.
Statius, P. Papinius(Publius Papinius)
Manuzio, Aldo,1449 or 1450-1515.
Henryson, Thomas,-1638,former owner.StEdNL: J.H.S.85
Smith, William,of Exeter College, Oxford,former owner.StedNL: J.H.S.85
Stirton, John,1871-1944,former owner.StEdNL: Stirton.d.7(1)
Fletcher, A,17th century-18th century,former owner.StEdNL: Stirton.d.7(1)
Venetiis in aedibus Aldi.
Mense Augusto. 1502
No actual punctuation after "Venetiis"
Leaf i8 is blank
Edited by A.P. Manutius
Imprint from colophon
Colophon on G4r: Venetiis, in Academia Aldi Ro. Mense Nouembri MDII
With the "Orthographia et flexus dictionum graecarum omnium apud Statium ..." which has a separate title-page
Adams
Deleted manuscript note on the recto of the first flyleaf "1808 D.D. Gulielmus Smith E Coll Exon". Below that is a bibliographical note in a 19th-century hand "This edition of Statius from the famous Aldine press, is very rarely to be met with. Rumours[?] (concerning this edition of 1502) that to obtain the work complete, there must be a separate tract of 40 pages called 'Orthographia & Flexus ac' w[hi]ch will be found here." The verses of the poem are numbered in an apparently contemporary hand.
Manuscript note by John Stirton pasted onto front pastedown "a fine edition of the ancient Aldine Venetian Press of date 1502 & with initial letters beautifully illuminated. Valuable. J.S." Further historical note by Stirton affixed to the recto of the front free enpaper. Armorial bookplate of John Stirton on the recto of the first flyleaf. Manuscript inscription on the title page illegible. The initials of each paragraph have been illuminated in maroon and gold, occasionally with blue additions. Manuscript inscription on the rear pastedown "A Fletcher" in a 16th- or 17th-century hand, erased.
Gilt bookstamp of Sir Thomas Henryson on the front and back boards.
Italy Venice.