Hoc in uolumine haec continentur, Pomponii Epistola ad Augustinu[m] Maphæu[m]. C. Crispii Sallustii Bellum Catilinarium cu[m] co[m]mento Laurentii Vallensis. Portii Latro[n]is Declamatio co[n]tra L. Catilina[m]. C. Crispi Sallustii Bellum Iugurthinum. C. Crispi Sallustii uariæ oratio[n]es ex libris eiusdem historiarum excerptæ. C. Crispi Salustii uita. Romæ per Pomponium emendata: ac Venetiis diligentissime impressa.

Accession number: 
PML 20704
Author: 
Sallust, 86-34 B.C.
Published: 
Impressum Venetiis : Pr[a]esens e[x] opusculu[m] arte & ingenio Philippi Pincii de Caneto, Millesimo quadrigentesimo nonagesimo primo Maii mensis die undecima [11 May 1491]
Description: 
[62] leaves ; 32.5 cm. (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1919.
Notes: 

Title from leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon (k7v): Anno salutifer[a]e incarnatio[n]is Christi Iesu saluatoris Millesimo quadrigentesimo nonagesimo primo Maii mensis die undecima. Impressum Venetiis pr[a]esens e[x] opusculu[m] arte & ingenio Philippi Pincii de Caneto.
Printed in Pincius's types 3:110R and 4:79R.
Signatures: a-i⁶ k⁸: 62 leaves, leaf k8 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
With register on leaf k7v.
The text of Sallust is surrounded commentary.
Leaf e2 recto begins with caption title: 'Portii Latronis Declamatio contra Lucium Sergium Catilinam.'
Edited by Pomponius Laetus.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 31.5 x 21.5 cm., with some deckel edges.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: k8 (blank).

Binding: 
19th-century vellum over paper boards (32.5 x 22 cm.), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; red edges.
Variant Title: 

Hoc in volumine haec continentur, Pomponii Epistola ad Augustinu[m] Maphæu[m]. C. Crispii Sallustii Bellum Catilinarium cu[m] co[m]mento Laurentii Vallensis. Portii Latro[n]is Declamatio co[n]tra L. Catilina[m]. C. Crispi Sallustii Bellum Iugurthinum. C.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

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

Provenance: 
Johann Protzer (ca. 1470-1528), purchased inscription: "Johannes Protzer IV h[uius] t[omus] Mccccxciiii conp[er]at in Italia 1 lib[er]" (leaf a1r); Jacobus Virianus, ex libris inscription, 17th century (front fly leaf verso); George Dunn (1864-1912), Woolley Hall, Maidenhead, booklabel (front pastedown), notes and price code: dl (front fly leaf recto), purchased 1901; his sale, Sotheby's, 22 Nov. 1917, lot 1577, to Ellis for £1.14; J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased from Ellis, Aug. 1919.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Vellum bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books