Seneca Lucius Annaeus

SCENECAE TRAGOEDIAE

      Venice: In aedibus Aldi et Andrete suoceri, 1517. First Aldine edition, first issue. Aldine anchor device on title page and verso of last leaf (Fletcher 3). Italic type. In-8! (mm 158x89), in modern vellum on boards, gilt title on spine. 4 unnumbered leaves, 207 numbered, 5 unnumbered leaves. Good copy. Bookplate of Lamoniana Library.. The First and only Aldine edition and first issue because of the titleOs mistake OScenecaeO instead of OSenecaeO. Among the ten tragedies by Seneca, we find here published also, the wrongly ascribed Octavia. The edition is published by Girolamo Avanzi, who also published in 1500 the Lucretius, and dedicated by him to the nobleman Latino Giovenale Manetti on the occasion of his arrival in Venice as ambassador of the Roman Church.