Incipit lectura d[e] Bar[toli] sup[er] trib[us] libris C[odicis] : una cu[m] additionib[us] iuris utriusq[ue] doctorum clarissimorum d[e] Angeli de Perusio ac d[e] Aleandri de imola suis locis insertis.

Accession number: 
PML 16330
Author: 
Bartolo, of Sassoferrato, 1313-1357.
Published: 
Venetijs : P[er] Nicolaum Jenson Gallicu[m] i[m]p[re]ssa, Mcccclxxvij [1477].
Description: 
[86] leaves ; 41.5 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Notes: 

Title from incipit, leaf a2r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf k9v: Lectura domini Bartoli super trib[us] libris Codicis una cu[m] additio[n]ibus domini Angeli de Perusio apostillisq[ue] domini Alxandri [sic] Imolensis diligentissime correcta feliciter finit. Venetijs p[er] Nicolaum Jenson Gallicu[m] i[m]p[re]ssa. Mcccclxxvij.
Printed in Jenson's type
Signatures: a-b¹⁰ c-i⁸ k¹⁰: 86 leaves, leaves a1 and k10 blank. Leaf a1 unsigned, a2 signed a1, etc.
Paper format: Super-median folio.
Text covers books 10-12 only.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 40.9 x 24.5 cm (trimmed at fore-edge).

Binding: 
Modern quarter brown goatskin with paper sides, by Duprez-Lahey.
Variant Title: 

Title in ISTC: Super tribus ultimis libris Codicis cum additionibus Angeli de Ubaldis et Alexandri Tartagni.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Contemporary German (southern Germany/Bavaria?) rubrication, alternating red and blue initials, with minor initials in red only; primary initial with foliate decoration (leaf a2r). Annotations: Contemporary manuscript headlines, trimmed at fore-edge.

Provenance: 
Antony Gibbs (1756-1815), gilt armorial (front pastedown, preserved from former binding), sold property to his younger brother: Henry Martin Gibbs (1850-1928), 1891, armorial bookplate (front pastedown, preserved from former binding); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased from Giuseppe Martini, Oct. 1909.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Quarter bindings (Binding)
Paste papers (Binding)
Goatskin bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books