Auctoritates Aristotelis, Senece, Boetii, Platonis, Apulei, Affricani, Empedoclis, Porphirii, et Gilberti Poritani.

Accession number:

PML 79752.6

Published:

Impresse Parisiis : per Felicem Baligault[, for Denis Roce and Durand Gerlier], .M. quinguagesimo sole vero Julii claudente decimamoctavam [18 July 1500].

Description:

i-lxviii leaves ; 14.5 cm (8vo)

Credit Line:

Purchased on the Lathrop C. Harper Fund, 1988.

Notes:

Title from half-title page, leaf a1r, with Roce's device.
Imprint from colophon, leaf i4r: Expliciunt auctoritates Aristotelis, Senece, Boetii Platonis, Apulei, affricani, Empedoclis, Porphirii et Gilberti porritani. Impresse parisiis per felicem baligault vicis parisiensis i[n]mo[n]te sancte genouefe ad inter signe divi stephani prima concure[n]te causa miro caractere exaravit anno imme[n]se reparat[i]o[n]is .M. quinguagesimo sole vero iulii claudente decimamoctavam.
Durand Gerlier's device, leaf i4v.
Printed in Baligault's type 2:64G.
Signatures: a-h⁸ i⁴: 68 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery octavo.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 13.8 x 9 cm.

Binding:

16th-century French quarter paper over pasteboard (14.5 x 10 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Modern plain paper pastedowns; plain endbands.

Variant Title:

Title in ISTC: Auctoritates Aristotelis et aliorum philosophorum

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: A few NB marks and underlining in text.

Provenance:

Champlitte (Haute-Saône), Capuchins, inscription: "Ad usum Cap. Conventus Champlet" (leaf a1r of Diaeta salutis); C[laude?]. Signerre, signatures, late-16th century (leaves a1r and t8v of Diaeta saluts, leaf a1r of De summo bono, and leaf a1r of De venerabili sacramento), who gave the volume to: Blasius Alteriet of Percey-le-Grand (Haute-Saône), inscriptions (leaf t8v of Diaeta salutis and leaf m8v of De summo bono); Antoine Alteriet, inscription: "Anthoine Alt[eriet]," abraded (leaf a1r of Diaeta salutis) and possibly monogram: AA (leaf i4v of Auctoritates Aristotelis); unidentified inscription (shelf mark?): 155a (leaf a1r of Diaeta salutis); unidentified book label, removed (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Lathrop C. Harper Inc. on the Lathrop C. Harper Fund, July 1988.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

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Department:

Printed Books