De immortalitate anime.

Accession number:

PML 524.3

Author:

Houppelande, Guillermus.

Published:

Parisius : [Pierre Poulhac] pro Dyonisio Rose, Anno domini .Millesimo quadringe[n]tesimo nonagesimo tertio. die vero septima me[n]sis septembris [7 September 1493]

Description:

[24] leaves ; 14 cm (8vo)

Notes:

Title from half-title page, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf c7v: Sacre pagine ac limpidissimarum artiu[m] doctoris v[ene]rantissimi Magistri Guillermi houppellande Libello de immortalitate a[n]ime deo fauente finis impositus est. Quem studiosissime castigavit. Magister ludovicus bochim in eadem sacra pagina bachalarius ac in artibus magister acutissim[us]. Qui q[uo]q[uem] parisius exaratus est pro Dyonisio rose Anno domini .Millesimo quadringe[n]tesimo nonagesimo tertio. die vero septima me[n]sis septembris. Roce's device, leaf a1r.
Printed in Poulhac's types 1:110G and 2:64G.
BMC VIII 101 suggests that this edition is really later than Levet's of 17 Sept. 1493.
Signatures: a-c⁸: 24 leaves, leaf c8 blank.
Paper format: Chancery octavo.
Edited by Ludovicus Bochin.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 13.3 x 9 cm.

Binding:

18th-century French gilt-tooled calf over paper boards (13.5 x 9.5 cm), sewn on 4 supports. Decorative printed paper pastedowsn and endleaves; red edges.

Variant Title:

De immortatitate animae

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Contemporary French rubrication, red initials and captial strokes (same throughout PML 524). Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance:

Albert Philippe Charles Vaernewyck, vicomte de Vaernewyck (1762-1841), manuscript name label (front pastedown); William Morris (1834-1896), Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, booklabel (front pastedown); Richard Bennett (1849-1930), purchased Morris's library in August 1896, armorial bookplate (front endleaf 1 recto); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Department:

Printed Books