Flor de virtuts e de costums.

Accession number: 
PML 34634
Uniform title: 
Fiore di virtù Catalan.
Published: 
Gerona : per Johan de valdes esturiano, Mil.cccclxxxxvii. a .viiii. de No[v]e[m]bre [9 November 1497].
Description: 
[52] leaves : illustrated (woodcuts) ; 17 cm. (4to)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1938.
Notes: 

Title from half-title page, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf g4v: Migençant la divina gracia fonch stampat lo present tractat enla insigna ciutat d[e] Gerona per Johan de valdes esturiano. Fon acabat en lany de nostre senyor Mil.cccclxxxxvii. a .viiii. de No[v]e[m]bre.
Printed in Valdes types 1:99G and 2:136G.
Signatures: a-f⁸ g⁴: 52 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto
Translated by Francisco de San Clemente (Francesc de Santcliment).
1 column, 29 lines. Printed initials, but some spaces blank with printed guide letters.
Woodcut on half-title page (leaf a1r) and printed initials.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 16.5 x 12.2 cm., trimmed.

Binding: 
Modern stiff vellum over paper boards (17.5 x 13 cm.), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands. Rear fly leaf reused from a large-format manuscript with original text partially visible (but illegible).
Variant Title: 

Title in ISTC: Flors de virtuts e de costums

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Printed initials and capital letters colored in yellow, unprinted initials unrealized. Annotations: Later marginal notations (leaves f4r and 5v); prayer "Jesus Maria Josep vullaunos ajudar ara y en totes," 17th/18th century (rear fly leaf).

Provenance: 
Early ownership inscriptions: "Es de Dionís Magarola" and "És de Joan Lluna, notari de Monblanch" (leaf a1r, ex-info Josep Vila); unidentified inscriptions: "dimos Titus Siseronii domine quinque," 17th/18th century (rear fly leaf verso); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Maggs Bros., Feb. 1938.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Vellum bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books