Proverbios

Accession number:

PML 36794

Author:

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.

Published:

Zaragoza : [Paul Hurus], 10 February 1491.

Description:

[8], LXXXXII, [2] leaves ; 26 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1941.

Notes:

Title and imprint from colophon (leaf n5r): Aquise acaba la glosa de lost proverbios de seneca acaba da enla cibdad de çaragoça a .x. dias del mes de febrero. Año de señor de mil [et] .iiii. cie[n]tos [et] .lxxxxi.
Printed in Hurus's type 1:99G. This type was also used by his brother Johann/Hans Hurus in 1488-1490. GW attributes the printing to Paul/Pablo Hurus but ISTC to Johann.
Translated with a gloss by Pedro Diaz de Toledo.
Collation: A⁸; a-d⁸ e⁶ f-g⁸ h⁶ i⁸ k⁶ l⁸ m-n⁶: 102 leaves, leaves A1 and n6 blank, and A8 presumably blank (no known copies have leaf A8).
Paper format: Chancery folio. Goff and ISTC identified as a quarto, but watermarks in PML copy show format is folio.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 25 x 18 cm, trimmed.
PML copy missing 3 leaves: A1.8 and n6 (blanks).

Binding:

Modern full red goatskin over paper boards (25.7 x 19 cm), sewn on 5 supports by Riviere & Son, London. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.

Variant Title:

Proverbia

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Unrubricated, rubrication unrealized. Annotations: Minimal notations: a few marginal asterisks and brackets.

Provenance:

Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from H.P. Kraus, July 1941.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Incunabula

Goatskin bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books