De legendis antiquorum libris, sive De liberalibus studiis (Tr: Leonardus Brunus Aretinus).

Accession number:

PML 172

Author:

Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379.

Published:

[Nuremberg : Johann Müller of Königsberg (Regiomontanus), about 1474]

Description:

(4to)

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.

Notes:

Checklist: "JPM 172."
Kloss catalogue claims PML copy belonged to Philipp Melanchthon.

Binding:

Modern quarter brown goatskin, with paper sides, by Duprez-Lahey.

Variant Title:

De liberalibus studiis

Provenance:

Georg Kloss (1787-1854), bookplate (front pastedown); his sale, Sotheby's, 7 May 1835, lot 589; William Morris, Kelmscott House, Hammersmith (1834-1896), booklabel (front pastedown); Richard Bennett (1849-1930), armorial bookplate (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett Collection, 1902.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Goatskin bindings (Binding)

Quarter bindings (Binding)

Century:

20th century

Department:

Printed Books