Herodoti Halicarnasei libri novem : Clio, Liber primus : Euterpe, Liber secundus : Thalia, Liber tertius : Melpomene, Liber quartus : Terpsichore, Liber quintus : Erato, Liber sextus : Polyhymnia, Liber septimus : Urania, Liber octauus : Calliope, Liber nonus.

Accession number: 
PML 23659
Author: 
Herodotus.
Published: 
Venetiis : Impressa per Joannem & Gregoriu[m] de Gregoriis fratres, Anno domini MCCCCXCIIII die viii Martii [i.e. after 30 March 1494]
Description: 
[9], II-CXXXIIII leaves ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1926.
Notes: 

Title from leaf [1]/1r. Incipit (leaf a1r): Herodoti Historici incipit Laurentii Vallen. conversio de Graeco in Latinum.
Colophon (leaf x6r): Herodoti Halicarnasei patris historiae traductio e graeco in latinum per virum eruditissimum Laurentium Valensem. Venetiis impressa per Joannem & Gregroiu[m] de Gregoriis Fratres. Anno domini .M.CCCC.XCIIII. die .viii. Martii.
The letter of Mancinellus to Nicolaus Rubeus at the end of the prelims is dated 'tertio Cal. Aprilis', i.e. 30 March 1494.
Printed in type 26:110R.
Signatures: A⁸; a-d⁸ e-x⁶: 142 leaves.
Paper format: Super-chancery folio
Woodcut border and illustration at incipit (leaf a1r).
Includes index.
Capital spaces, some with guide letters.
Register at colophon.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 31.5 x 21.7 cm.

Binding: 
19th-century vellum over paper boards (32.5 x 22 cm.), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; red edges.
Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance: 
Giovanni Protze(?), inscription, 1493(!!): "Johannis Protze l.v. Lic[?]t[us] Mccccxciii Conp[er]ami in Italia. xl.d." (leaf A1r); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Lathrop C. Harper, June 1926.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Paper bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books