Li fioriti de miser san fra[n]cescho.

Accession number:

PML 27063

Author:

Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.

Published:

In Vincenza : in casa de misier pre Lunardo Longo, .MCCCCLXXVI. A di .XIII. Iuio. [13 July 1476]

Description:

[98] leaves ; 21 cm (4to)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1929.

Notes:

Title from caption, leaf [1]/1r: OPERA GENTILISSIMA. Et utilissima atuti li fide li cristiani laqual se chiama li fioriti de miser san fra[n]cescho.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [13]/6r: Ad laude & gloria del omnipote[n]te dio: & de la sua sanctissima & dolcissima madre vergene maria. E di misier sancto francesco. Fo compito li soi fioreti in vincenza in casa de misier pre lunardo longo recto de la giesia de sancto paulo de vincenza: Cure[n]do la[n]no del signor nostro iesu christo benedecto nel .MCCCCLXXVI. A di .XIII. Iuio. .FINIS. Deo gratias. .P. .Z.C.L. .L.
Printed in Longo's type 3:97R.
Collation: [1-10⁸ 11-13⁶]: 98 leaves.
Paper format: Royal quarto in half-sheets.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 19.8 x 14 cm.

Binding:

19th-century(?) Italian gilt-tooled stiff vellum with fore-edge extensions (Yapp edges) over paper boards (21 x 15 cm), sewn on 3 supports.

Variant Title:

Fioretti

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication (contemporary Italian?) alternating blue and magenta initials. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance:

Unidentified dealer/owner inscription (Hoepli or Martini?), Nov. 1927: "Imp. Temp. xi 27" (rear endleaf 2 recto; see also PML 44561); Ulrico Hoepli (1847-1935); not in his sales Feb., June, or Nov. 1929 (see ARC 1310, letter from Martini to BG, 7 Dec. 1929, stating just purchased at Hoepli sale); unidentified Itailan printed catalogue description (Hoepli or Martini?), early 20th century (front endleaf 1 recto); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Martini, Dec. 1929.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books