T. Livii decades.

Accession number:

PML 20981

Author:

Livy.

Published:

Venetiis : per Philippum Pincium Mantuanum [for Lucantonio Giunta], M.ccccxcy. iii. nonas novembris [3 November 1495].

Description:

[20], CCLIII, [1] ; 32 cm. (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1919.

Notes:

Title from half-title page (leaf A1r).
Imprint from colophon (leaf ii7v): T. Livii patavini Decades expliciunt. Venetiis per Philippum Pincium Mantuanum: summa cura & diligenti studio Impressae. Anno ab Incarnatione domini .M.ccccxcy. iii. nonas novembris. Imperante Serenissimo Augustino Barbadico Venetiarum duce foelicissimo.
Lucantio Giunta's mark at end of register, printed in red (leaf ii7v).
Printed in type 15:80R.
Signatures: A⁸ a⁸ b⁴ c-l⁸ m-n¹⁰; A-K⁸ L¹⁰; aa-ii⁸: 274 leaves, leaf ii8 blank.
Edited by Marcus Antonius Sabellicus.
In 3 parts, continuously foliated.
Woodcuts, woodcut borders, woodcut initials.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 31 x 20.2 cm.

Binding:

Modern quarter black goatskin with paper sides over paper boards (32 x 21 cm.), sewn on 3 supports by Duprez-Lahey. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; plain endbands.

Variant Title:

Historiae Romanae decades

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: No rubrication required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Long inscription on Herodotus and Livy in French, 15th/16th century, visible under UV (leaf A1r).

Provenance:

Price inscription, 15th/early-16th century: "Cestuy livre a conste xxxvi pattars" (leaf A1r); Universiteit Leiden, "ACAD" "LVGD" stamps and oval cancellation stamp: "Vend. iussu Curr. J. Geel. 1843" (leaf A1r); Bernard Quaritch, cat. 353, no. 233; J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased from Quaritch, 1919.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Goatskin bindings (Binding)

Quarter bindings (Binding)

Paste papers (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books