Aldus Manutius joins my library

I have recently bid on Ebay for a 1515 Aldine of Aulus Gellius' Noctes Atticarum which I have now won. The book arrived today, and to say it's pretty would be an understatement.

Aldus' printer's mark showing the famous anchor and dolphin

The colophon on the last page, which illustrates the close link between these early printed editions and the manuscript…