M. Tvlli Ciceronis Arpinatis consvlisqve Romani ac oratorvm maximi ad M. Tvllivm Ciceronem filivm svvm officiorvm liber primvs [-tertius].

Accession number: 
PML 33551
Author: 
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Published: 
Neapol[is] i[m]pressum : [Arnaldus de Bruxella], Anno a natiuitate M°.CCCC.Lxxiiii die vero vigesima quarta Decembris [24 December 1474].
Description: 
[118] leaves ; 26 cm (4to)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1937.
Notes: 

Title from caption, leaf [1]/1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [14]/10r: Finit[ur] opus laudabile nobilissimi oratoris Tullii ob laudem & preconium omnipote[n]tis dei. necnon ob reuerenciam [et] honore[m] Alme vniuersitatis Neapol[is] i[m]pressum. Anno a natiuitate M°.CCCC.Lxxiiii die vero vigesima quarta Decembris Po[ntificate] Six. IIII.
Printed in Arnaldus de Bruxella's type 2:109/110R.
ISTC assigns printer to [Printer of Silvaticus (H 15194) and Jodocus Hohenstein].
For an extensive note on the printers and the problems rised by the Vita Ciceronis, see CIBN C-402.
Collation: [1-2¹⁰ 3-13⁸ 14¹⁰]: 118 leaves.
Paper format: Royal quarto
Single column, 34-35 lines. Capital spaces, without guide letters.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.5 x 20.2 cm.

Binding: 
Contemporary Central European (Bratislava?) blind-tooled quarter calf over beech boards (29.5 x 21 cm.), sewn on 3 supports; rebacked. Modern plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves. 2 clasps missing, catch places with incised flower pattern.
Variant Title: 

M. Tulli Ciceronis Arpinatis consulisque Romani ac oratorum maximi ad M. Tullium Ciceronem filium suum officiorum liber primus

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Hand-painted initials (likely modern). Rubricated, red lombards, paragraph marks, and capital strokes. Annotations: Contemporary marginal notations, washed/faded.

Provenance: 
Nicolaus de Hittendorf (near Haguenau; perhaps theologian and mathematician, who taught at Bratislava University?), inscription, 1476-1479: "Anno 79. Mgr. Nicola[us] d[e] Hitt[e]ndorf sacre theo[logi]e licc[en]tiat[us] d[e] r[e]b[us] r[e]lict[is] d[omine]m Nicolai pop ex ead[em] hitt[e]ndorf dat hu[n]c [?][orum] Easpar emer d[e] Hitt[endorf] pro studio suo in die philippi et Jacobi ap[osto]lor[um] orate p[er] ... a[n]no 76 i[n] die michahelis [et] sepult[us] i[n] agra siguli. Cui[us] a[n]i[ma] deavivat" (leaf [14]/10v); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Paul Gottschlak, Jan. 1937.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Calf bindings (Binding)
Wooden boards (Binding)
Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books