Joannis Francisci Philomusi Pisaurensis tetrastichon in cornucopiae Perottaei laudem

Accession number:

PML 22123

Author:

Perotti, Niccolò, 1430-1480.

Published:

Impressum Venetiis [Venice] : Per magistrum Paganinum de Paganinis Brixiensem, anno Domini M cccc.lxxxviiii. pridie idus Maii [14 May 1489]

Description:

[18], 355, [1] leaves ; 33 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1923.

Notes:

Title from half-title (leaf ¹a1r).
Caption title (leaf a3r, in red): Nicolae Perotti Cornucopiae sive commentariorum linguae latinaead illustrissi[mum] princi[pum] Federicum Urbini ducem: et ecclesiastici exercitus imperatorem invictissmum.
Colophon (leaf T4v): Nicolae Peroti eruditissimi viri Cornucopiae seu come[n]tariorum linguae latinae. Impressum Venetiis per magistrum Paganinum de Paganinis Brixiensem anno Domini M cccc.lxxxviiii. pridie idus Maii.
Bod-inc notes three variants for colophon. Hain and BSB-Ink report "comērariorum" in colophon. BM 15th cent. reports "comētariorum" in colophon.
Printed in Pagininis's type 4:82R.
Collation: ¹a⁸ ¹b¹⁰; a-z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-R⁸ S-T⁶: 374 leaves, leaf T6 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Listed in bibliographies as: Cornucopiae linguae Latinae.
Capital spaces, some with guide letters.
Register (leaf T5r).
Includes index (leaves [2]-[16] at beginning).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.6 x 19.8 cm.

Binding:

17th/18th-century(?) Italian stiff vellum over paper boards (29 x 20 cm.), sewn on 4 supports; repaired by Duprez Lahey. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; plain endbands.

Variant Title:

Checklist title: Cornucopia

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Simple Roman initials added by hand in brown ink (matching I.P.S. monogram). Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance:

Lafranco de Bertolio, purchase inscription: "Iste liber est [abraded] Lafranci [Lanfranchoni?] de bertolio de crepacorio [abraded] magister hieronimi de [abraded] quem emit a die 19 Julii 1490 a magistro Joh[ann]e [??] bibliopola pro libris tribus cum dimidia" (leaf T4v); unidentified manuscript monogram: I.P.S., in same ink as initials (front pastedown); Francesco Orazio Beggi, M.D. (fl. 1848-1864), monogram booklabel (front pastedown); his sales, Puttick & Simpson, 16 March 1864 or 22 May 1865; unidentified British sale catalogue (Beggi?) description, lot 326 for £4.4s; J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased from James Tregaskis, 1923.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books