Christophori Landini Florentini In Q. Horatii Flacci libros omnes ad illustrissimum guidonem feltrium magni federici ducis filium interpretationes incipiunt foeliciter.

Accession number:

PML 18070

Author:

Horace.

Published:

Impressum Venetiis : Per Joannem de Forlivio & socios, anno Salutis 1483.

Description:

[208] leaves ; 29 cm. (fol)

Credit Line:

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904-5.

Notes:

Title from incipit (leaf a2r): CHRISTOPHORI LANDINI FLORENTINI IN .Q. HORATII FLACII LIBROS OMNES AD ILLUSTRISSIMUM GUIDONEM FELTRIUM MAGNI FEDERICI DUCIS FILIUM INTERPRETATIONES INCIPIUNT FOELICITER.
At end of tabula and registrum (leaf [1]/6v): Christophori Landini florentini in Qu. Horatii flacci op[er]a o[mn]ia i[n]terpretationum finis. Divino auxilio Foelix. die .xvii. maii M.cccc.lxxxiii.
Colophon (leaf [con]8r): Impressum Venetiis per Joannem de forlivio & socios. Anno salutis. M.CCCC.LXXXIII. FINIS.
Printed in types 5:111R, 6:83R, and 49:83Gr.
Signatures: [1]⁶; a-z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁸: 208 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Contains biographical information: leaves a1 and a2 recto.
Text enclosed in commentary.
Guide letters with spaces for initials.
Includes register.
List of emendations (leaf 6).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.6 x 21.1 cm.

Binding:

18th-century English gilt-tooled sprinkled calf over paper boards (29.5 x 22 cm.), sewn on 6 supports; rebacked. Marbled paper pastedowns and fly leaves with plain paper fly leaves; plain endbands; yellow edges.

Variant Title:

Opera

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubricated, alternating red and blue lombards, red paragraph marks and capital strokes; some initials unrealized. Annotations: Marginal annotations throughout text, all abraded.

Provenance:

Unidentified sale catalogue reference: Cat. xxxv, no. 604 (front pastedown); John Paul Bocock (1856-1903), bookplate dated 1902 (front pastedown); J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased from J.P. Bocock, 1904-1905 (accessioned 1908).

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Calf bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books