Genealogi[a]e deorum gentilium.

Accession number:

PML 26671.1

Author:

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.

Published:

Venice : Vindelinus de Spira, 1472.

Description:

[294] leaves; 34 x 23 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1929.

Notes:

Additions by Dominicus Silvester and Raphael Zovenzonius.
Collation: [1¹⁰; 2-12¹⁰ 13¹²; 14-18¹⁰ 19⁶; 20-22¹⁰ 23-25⁸; 26-29¹⁰ 30¹³ 31³]: 294 leaves, leaves [25]/8 and [30]/12 blank.
Colophon (leaf [31]/2v): Zene Zovenzonii decus & spes unica vatis ... H[a]ec Vindellinus signis qui impressit ahenis / Se tibi co[m]mendat familiamq[ue] suam. Venetiis impressum anno salutis .M.CCCC.LXXII. Nicolao Throno Duce foelicissimo Impe.
GW and Pellechet describe a variant.
Paper format: Median folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 32.6 x 22.7 cm, trimmed.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: [30]/12 (blank).
Printed in type 1:110R.
Title from incipit (leaf [2]/1r): Genealogi[a]e deorum gentilium Joannis boccatii de certaldo.

Binding:

18th-century gold-tooled vellum over paper boards (34 x 23 cm), sewn on 3 supports, with the arms of Domenico Marzio Carafa on sides. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands; speckled edges.

Variant Title:

Checklist title: Genealogiae deorum gentilium

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: A few marginal notations in a later hand. Contemporary alpha-numeric quire signatures, mainly trimmed.

Provenance:

Domenico Marzio Carafa, 8th duca di Maddaloni (1706-1748), shelf mark inscriptions: "Madalo[?] sea. 2 Cas 4" and "Madalol. 2.8.s." (front fly leaf recto) and armorial binding; Dominici Cosunni, signature (rear pastedown); George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon (1735-1813), bookplate (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Bernard Quaritch, June 1929.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Armorial bindings (Binding)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Century:

18th century

Department:

Printed Books