Historiae de imperio post Marcum.

Accession number:

PML 77510

Author:

Herodian.

Published:

Rome : [Printer of Herodianus], 20 June 1493.

Description:

[54] leaves ; 28 x 21 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased on the L.C. Harper Fund, 1982.

Notes:

Title from incipit (leaf a3r): HERODIANI HISTORIAE DE IMPERIO POST MARCUM VEL DE SUIS TEMPORIBUS LIBER PRIMUS: Ex GRECO TRANSLATUS ANGEOL POLITIANO INTERPRETE: AD INNOCENTIUM .VIII. PONT. MAX.
Colophon (leaf i4r): Finis Herodiani: libro[rum] octo de imp[er]io post Marcum: vel de suis te[m]poribus: Angelo Polliciano interprete: Romae imp[re]ssi die .xx. Junii .1493.
Printed in type 1:99R.
Collation: a⁸ b-h⁶ i⁴: 54 leaves, leaf a1 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Translated by Angelus Politianus.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 27.8 x 20.2 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: a1 (blank).

Binding:

17th century laced vellum over paper boards (28 x 21 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; plain endbands. Fly leaves and rear pastedown are foliated from another book.

Variant Title:

Historia de imperio post Marcum

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubricated, only a few initials realized in a wide-nib calligraphic style, 17th/18th century. Annotations: 17th/18th century marginal notations (text keywords) sporadically throughout, with small manicules.

Provenance:

De Graaf, cat. (1981), no. 5; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Lathrop C. Harper, 1982.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

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Department:

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