Iuniani Maij Parthenopei ad inuictissimum Ferdina[n]dum regem in librum de priscorum proprietate verboru[m] prologus fœliciter incipit.

Accession number:

PML 444

Author:

Maggio, Giuniano, active 15th century.

Published:

Imp[re]ssu[m] Tarvisiae : per Bernardu[m] de Colonia, Anno .M.cccc.lxxvij [1477]

Description:

[660] pages ; 35 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.

Notes:

Title from incipit, leaf a2r.
Imprint colophon, leaf 2l10r: "Egregium opus Iuniani Maij Parthenopei imp[re]ssu[m] Tarvisiae per Bernardu[m] de Colonia fœliciter explicit. Anno .M.cccc.lxxvij."
Printed in Bernardinus's type 1:81G.
Signatures: a-c¹⁰ d-f⁸ g-r¹⁰ [long-s]⁸ s¹⁰ t⁸ v¹⁰ x⁸ y¹⁰ 2a¹² 2b-2l¹⁰: 330 leaves.
Paper format: Median folio.
2 columns, 51 lines, 207 x 136 mm. Capital spaces; spaces in text for Greek.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 32.2 x 22 cm., trimmed.

Binding:

19th-century gilt-tooled green morocco over paper boards (33 x 23 cm.), sewn on 5 sewn-in supports, by R. Storr, Grantham. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.

Variant Title:

Juniani Maii Parthenopei ad invictissimum Ferdinandum regem in librum de priscorum proprietate verborum prologus fœliciter incipit

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: German (perhaps Lower Rhine), illuminated foliate initial (leaf a2r), alternating red and blue lombards with unpainted curl patterns in letterform, red paragraph marks and capital strokes. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance:

John Hayford Thorold (1773-1831), monogram booklabel and Syston Park armorial bookplate (front pastedown); his sale, Sotheby's, 12 Dec. 1884, lot 1226 for £5 12s 6d; unidentified sale catalogue description, lot 1481; William Morris (1834-1896), Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, inscription, Sept. 1890 (front fly leaf), booklabel (front pastedown) and bibliographic notes by Sydney Cockerell, laid-in (rear fly leaf); Richard Bennett (1849-1930), armorial bookplate (front pastedown) and price code: r/l/- +___ (front fly leaf verso); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Morocco bindings (Binding)

Binders' tickets (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books