Proemivm Platynae in vitas pontificvm ad Sixtvm. IIII. Pontificem Maximvm.

Accession number:

PML 79128

Author:

Platina, 1421-1481.

Published:

[Treviso] : accurate castigatu[m] ac i[m]pensa magistri Ioa[n]nis uercelensis, .M.cccc.lxxxv. die .x. februarii [10 February 1485].

Description:

[136] leaves ; folio 29 cm

Credit Line:

Bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.

Notes:

Title from leaf a1v.
Imprint from colophon, leaf r5v: Excelle[n]tissimi historici Platinae i[n] uitas su[m]mor[um] po[n]tificu[m] ad Sixtu[m]. iiii. po[n]tifice[m] maximu[m] praeclar[um] opus foeliciter explitic: accurate castigatu[m] ac i[m]pensa magistri Ioa[n]nis uercelensis .M.cccc.lxxxv. die .x. februarii.
Printed in Rubeus's type 2:82R.
Signature: a¹⁰ b-q⁸ r⁶: 136 leaves, leaf r6 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Probably a reprint from the edition of De Colonia and Manthen, Venice, 1479, with the omission of the letter of Squarzaficus to the author and of "impressum" in the colophon.-- BM 15th cent.
Capital spaces.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: r6 (blank).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 27.2 x 18.4 cm., trimmed.

Binding:

18th/19th-century half parchment, with marbled paper sides, over paper boards (28.5 x 19.5 cm.), sewn on 4 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands; yellow edges, sprinkled.

Variant Title:

Proemium Platynae in vitas pontificum ad Sixtum. IIII. Pontificem Maximum

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Partially rubricated in brown ink, by Lionardis. Annotations: Contemporary marginal notations predominantly in first few quires only and foliation to leaf 52, by Lionardis.

Provenance:

Diomedis di Lionardis, signature, 16th century (leaf a2r); unidentified inscription, faded/erased (leaf a1v); unidentified armorial, 19th century(?) (leaf a1r); Kurt Wolff (1887-1963); his sale, Joseph Baer, 5-6 Oct. 1926, lot 361 for 200 Marks; Curt F. Bühler (1905-1985), Inc. 66, purchased from McLeish (London), Nov. 1935 for £4.15.0; Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

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Genres:

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Marbled papers (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books