Epistolarum libri XII uno nuper addito. Eiusdem quae Praefationes appellantur

8vo. (16), 536, (2), 128, (6) pp. a8, A-Z8, Aa-Tt8. With the printer's device on title-page. Early seventeenth century vellum, spine and panels richly gilt.
Edit 16, CNCE 35431.
 
THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE CORPUS of Paolo Manuzio's Latin correspondence and prefatory letters was first published posthumously in 1580 in Venice by Aldus the Younger. After that date followed six editions by various other Venetian printers. Also outside Italy Paolo's letters enjoyed great popularity and had nearly twenty editions until the end of the century, printed in Cologne, Lausanne, Leipzig, London, Lyon, Morges, and Strassbourg (cf. B.R. Jenny, Die Amerbachkorrespondenz. Von der humanistischen Epistolographie zur bürgerlichen Briefstellerei, in: “Der Brief im Zeitalter der Renaissance”, F.J. Worstbrock, ed., Weinheim, 1983, pp. 204-205).
The volume opens with a dedication leaf to Jacopo Buoncompagni, the natural son of pope Gregory XIII, by Aldus the Younger. Books I-V contain the same letters, disposed in the same order, as in the Epistolarum libri V of 1561. There are only some variants in the dates of several letters and the names of the recipients whose works had been put on the Index, are replaced by stars. Also omitted is the Roman calendar with its explanation, printed in earlier editions. We therefore list only the letters from book VI to book XII. All letters are numbered.
 
(Liber VI:)
Richardot, François. Roma, September 12, 1565 (p. 309)
Gotius, Nicolaus. [Roma], August 10, 1561 (p. 311)
Zamoyski, Jan Sarius. Roma, November 1, 1561 (p. 312)
Mijszkowski, Piotr. Roma, September 18, 1561 (p. 314)
Zamoyski, Jan Sarius. Roma [April 3 p., 1563] (p. 316)
Turriziano, Giovanni. Roma, November 8, 1561 (p. 317)
Silvio, Andrea. Roma, November 13, 1561 (p. 318)
Titi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, December 5, 1561 (p. 319)
Turritano, Giovanni. December 17, 1560 (p. 321)
Caracciolo, Nicola Antonio. Roma, February 28, 1562 (p. 323)
Seroni, Giovanni Antonio. Roma, March 1, 1562 (p. 324)
Van Ellebode, Nicasius. Roma, March 12, 1562 (p. 327)
Cardaneto, Orazio. Roma, June 21, 1562 (p. 329)
Sassi, Cristoforo. Roma, [June 29 p., 1562] (p. 331)
* [Saveri, Francesco]. Roma, October 10, 1562 (p. 332)
Nizoli, Paolo. Roma, November 29, 1562 (p. 335)
Gostinius, Andreas. Roma, [March 28 p., 1562] (p. 338)
Morandi Francesco. Roma, January 21, 1563 (p. 340)
Giusti, Giulio. Roma, January 21, 1563 (p. 341)
Corrado, Mario. [Roma, 1562?] (p. 344)
id. Roma, January 18, 1564 (p. 345)
*Episcopo Creato [Dudith, Andreas]. Roma, January 1, 1564 (p. 347)
Brancaleoni, Decio. Roma, July 8, 1569 [i.e. 1564] (p. 350)
id. Roma, February 3, 1565 (p. 351)
Fornari, Antonio. Roma, July 9, 1564 (p. 352)
id. Roma, January 21, 1565 (p. 353)
Natta, Marco Antonio. [Roma], July 13, 1564 (p. 355)
Maffei, Giovanni Pietro. Roma, September 13, 1564 (p. 356)
Sacrato, Paolo. Roma, November 16, 1564 (p. 357)
 
(Liber VII:)
Paleotti, Camillo. Roma, December 20, 1564 (p. 359)
id. Roma, March 15, 1565 (p. 361)
Commendoni, Giovanni Francesco. Roma, March 21, 1565 (p. 364)
Rufo, Cristoforo. Roma, April 10, 1565 (p. 364)
Genua, Giovanni. [Roma], January 5, 1564 (p. 367)
Titi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, October 28, 1565 (p. 367)
Corrado, Mario. [Roma], November 8, 1565 (p. 388)
id. Roma, November 17, 1564 (p. 370)
Perpiña, Pedro Juan. Roma, November 18, 1565 (p. 371)
Cardaneto, Orazio. Roma, January 2, 1566 (p. 372)
Van Ellebode, Nicasius. Roma, January 7, 1566 (p. 374)
Gatula, Ferdinando. Roma, February 2, 1566 (p. 375)
Fornari, Antonio. Roma, February 6, 1566 (p. 377)
Merula, Antonio. Roma, June 18, 1566 (p. 378)
Corrado, Mario. Roma, July 27, 1566 (p. 380)
Sammarco, Ottavio. Roma, July 26, 1566 (p. 381)
Mancini, Francesco. Roma, August 29, 1566 (p. 382)
Caselius, Johann. Roma, October 13, 1566 (p. 383)
Riti, Zerbino. Roma, December 3, 1566 (p. 384)
Gualtieri, Guido. Roma, December 7, 1566 (p. 386)
Calino, Muzio. Roma, Dicember 13, 1566 (p. 387)
Fornari, Antonio. Roma, February 1, 1567 (p. 389)
Paleotti, Cam