INSTITUTIONES ORATORIAE [INSTITUTES OF ORATORY] by Quintiliani [Quintilianus, Marcus Fabius] [M. Fabii Quintiliani] - 1521

Venetiis [Venice]: Aldus, 1521. Hardcover. Octavo, 230 pages; VG; spine brown with maroon label and gilt lettering; bound in original Venetian morocco, ornamented with gold tooling, gilt edges; front cover has impressed in gold 'M. F. Quintilianus', rear cover 'IA. OB.'; slight waviness to pages; gutter visible between endpaper and textblock on both beginning and end; bookplate on front pastedown; head of spine slightly separating; mild bumping to corners; interior clean; TG consignment; shelved case 4. The Institutio Oratoria is a textbook on the theory and practice of rhetoric by Roman rhetorician Quintilian, published around 95 CE. Dupont.