Greek and Roman Studies

Publisher: Venetiis : in aedibus Aldi et Andreae soceri
Creation Date: mense Novembri M.D.XVII. 1517
Format: 107 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf (printed both sides) ; 16 cm (octavo)

Publisher: Venetiis : Apud Aldi Filios
Creation Date: 1545
Format: 220 leaves ; 15 cm (octavo)

Publisher: Venetiis : Aldus
Creation Date: 1558
Format: 4 unnumbered pages, 332 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves ; 17 cm (octavo)

Selections from three works by Statius: Silvae, Thebais, and Achilleis
Publisher: Venetiis : in aedibus Aldi
Creation Date: mense augusto 1502
Format: 592 unnumbered pages ; 16 cm

"This elegant and fascinating humanistic booklet contains unique manuscript copies of two short arithmetic treatises by Aldus Manutius the Younger, classical scholar, printer, and owner of the eminent Aldine Press. These texts were quite possibly copied before either was first printed, and the second treatise displays some significant differences from the print version. Both are worth closer study as early works of classical scholarship, for their connection to the Manutius family, and as possible witnesses to Manutius's compositions before they went to press."-- Les Enluminures website.

The collection consists of two medieval manuscript fragments, two incunabula, and a Herodian coin.

Dates to the period of the Third Dynasty of Ur ("Ur III Period"), 2100-2000 BC. This clay tablet is an administrative account of various copper tools and their weights, items which were issued under the seal of the governor of the city Umma.

Fragment of an ode to the sun god, about 300 B.C., in Hieratic writing.