Margarita poetica.

Accession number:

PML 15416

Author:

Eyb, Albrecht von, 1420-1475.

Published:

[Venice] : [Joannes Rubeus Vercellensis], MCCCCLXXXXIII Kale[ndas]. Januarii. [1 January 1493].

Description:

[176] leaves ; 32 x 22 cm. (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purcahsed by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.

Notes:

Title from half-title page (leaf a1r).
Date from colophon (leaf x8v): Su[m]ma orato[rum] omniu[m], poetaru[m], historico[rum] ac philosopho[rum] autoritates in unu[m] collectae per clarissimu[m] uirum Albertum de Eyb vtriusq[ue] iuris doctore[m] eximiu[m] quae Margarita poetica dicitur faeliciter fine[m] adepta est MCCCCLXXXXIII Kale[ndas]. Januarii.
Imprint from ISTC, based on type evidence.
Printed in Rubeus's type 2:82R.
Collation: a-x⁸ ⁸: 176 leaves. Leaf a1 unsigned, leaf a2 signed a1, etc.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
61 lines. Capital spaces. Printed marginal reference system.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 31.2 x 21 cm.

Binding:

Modern quarter black goatskin with paper sides over paper boards (32 x 22 cm.), sewn on 5 supports by Duprez-Lahey. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; plain endbands.

Variant Title:

Oratorum omnium poetarum, hystoricorum ac philosopho[rum] elegantes dicta

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No substantive marginal notations in text, mainly a few NB marks.

Provenance:

[Previously bound with Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes (Venice: Strata, 1491),PML 3826/ChL 900;] unidentified shelf mark label: II 6 6 D (front pastedown, preserved from former binding); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased (from Canessa?) in 1907.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Goatskin bindings (Binding)

Quarter bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books