Valla, Lorenzo (Laurentius Valla, 1405-57).

De linguae latinae elegantia: et de ego, mei, tui et sui.

      Venice: Nicolaus Jenson 1471. Folio; 18 1/2 inches x 13 1/2 in., 200 printed leaves; 1 of the 2 blanks is present (the second of the two blanks at the end is lacking)Rubricated initial letters. Full, dark blue, straight-grain morocco with six sets of double raised bands on the spine, gilt-lettered titling in compartments, richly gilt design in compartments, elaborate gilt tooled borders around the covers, gilt inner dentelles, by P. Bozerian jeune, with his name stamped near the base of the spine, all edges gilt, headbands, pink silk bookmarker ribbon; brown endpapers with the printed label of English medieval manuscript & book collector: George Dunn of Woolley Hall, near Maidenhead (1865-1912), and the armorial book label of J. Gomez de la Cortina, Marquis of Morante (1805-1868), a noted Spanish Book collector, refered to in the catalogue entry present in this copy. A copy that belonged to famous French bibliographer, expert on Aldines, and book collector, Antoine Augustin Renouard (1765-1853). In a binding by P. Bozerian jeune (who worked, ca. 1805-15). From an early printed catalogue entry, in this copy: "Edition rarissime et la plus complete. Magnifique exemplaire de Renouard, tres-grand de marges et parfaitement conserve. M. de Morante a consacre a Lorenzo Valla une longue et savante notice dans son Catalogue (tome VI)." The binding corners show light wear. Stillwell V47, p. 547; Hain 15802. [Attributes: Hard Cover]