Aurelii Augustini de ciuitate dei.

Accession number:

PML 35967

Author:

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.

Published:

Venetis : [Johannes and Vindelinus de Spira], .M.CCCC.LXX [1470].

Description:

[274] leaves ; 38 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1940.

Notes:

Title from tabula incipit, leaf [1]/2r: Aurelii Augustini de ciuitate dei primi libri incipiu[n]t rubricae.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [28]/9r: Qui docuit Venetos exscribi posse Ioannes / Mense fere trino Centena uolumina plini / Et totidem Magni Ciceronis Spira libellos: / C[a]eperat Aureli: subita sed morte perentus / Non potuit Ceptum Venetis finire uolumen / Vindelinus adest eiusdem frater: & arte / Non minor: hadriacaq[ue] morabitur urbe / .M.CCCC.LXX.
Printed in De Spira's type 1:110R.
Collation: [1-2⁸ 3-26¹⁰ 27⁸ 28¹⁰]: 274 leaves, leaves [1]/1, [2]/8, and [28]/10 blank.
Paper format: Royal folio.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 36.7 x 24.5 cm.
PML copy missing 3 leaves: [1]/1, [2]/8, and [28]/10 (blanks).

Binding:

Later (18/19th century?) Italian vellum over stiff paper boards (38 x 25.5 cm), sewn on 4 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves (rear endleaf with unidentified papal armorial watermark, signed "Subiaco GSC"); plain endbands.

Variant Title:

Aurelii Augustini de civitate dei

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication predominantly unrealized, except a large cadell initial with profile face, perhaps contemporary (leaf [3]/1r), followed by a few initials added later in black ink (leaves [3]/1r-4r). Annotations: Contemporary marginal notations, in several hands, sporadically throughout text, and headline "D. Avgvs.us Lectoribvs" (leaf [3]/1r).

Provenance:

Unidentified shelfmark: q.1. 4 (leaf [1]/2r); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Maggs Bros., Jan. 1940.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books