Historia Fiorentina.

Accession number:

PML 23660

Author:

Bracciolini, Poggio, 1380-1459.

Published:

Venice : Jacobus Rubeus, 8 March 1476.

Description:

[116] leaves ; 32.5 x 23 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1926.

Notes:

Title from incipit (leaf a1r): PROHEMIO DI JACOPO DIMESSER POGGIO ALLO ILLUSTRISSIMO SIGNO .FEDERICO DA MONTEFELTRO CONTE DURBINO. NELLA .HISTORIA. FIORENTINA. DIMESSER. POGGIO. SUO PADRE. ET TRADOCTA. DALUI. DI LATINO. IN LINGUA FIORENTINA.
Colophon (leaf n8r): Finito loctavo & ultimo libro della historia fiorentina di Messer Poggio tradocta de lingua latina toscana da Jacopo suo figliuolo Impresso Avinegia per lhuomo di optimo ingegnio Maestro Jacopo de rossi di natione gallo neli anni die Cristo M.CCCCLXXVI a octo di marzo Regniante loinclito Principe Messer Andrea vendramino. Laus Deo
Printed in type 1:110R.
Collation: a¹⁰ b-c⁸ d-h¹⁰ i-k⁶ l-m¹⁰ n⁸: 116 leaves.
Paper format: Median folio
Translated by Jacopo di Poggio.
Often found with Brunus Aretinus, Historiae Florentini Populi [Italian] (Goff B1247).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 31.5 x 22 cm.

Binding:

19th-century English straight-grained morocco over paper boards (32.5 x 23 cm), sewn on 6 supports. Marbled paper pastedowns and fly leaves with plain paper fly leaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.

Variant Title:

Historia Florentina [Italian]

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance:

Charles Butler (1821-1910), of Warren Wood, Hatfield, book label (front pastedown); his sales, Sotheby's, 5 Apr. & 29 May 1911, 18 Mar. 1912, 9 Apr. 1913, 25 Feb. 1914; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from L.C. Harper, 1926.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

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Genres:

Morocco bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books