Soprascripti [et] introscripti di lettere a varie persone secondo ladegnita loro.

Accession number:

PML 28073.2

Published:

[Florence] : per magistrum Jacobum clericum florentinum, 1488.

Description:

[8] leaves ; 21 cm (4to)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1931.

Notes:

Title from caption, leaf [1]/1r: Soprascripti & introscripti di lettere a varie persone secondo ladegnita loro.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [1]/8r: Impresse per magistrum Iacobum clericum florentinum in eadem urbe 1488.
Prined in di Carlo's type 2:114R.
Collation: [1⁸]: 8 leaves. BMC records as 8 leaves; GW records as 12 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Printed in black and red.
Sometimes attributed to Christophorus Landinus.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 20.7 x 13 cm.
PML copy is 4 leaves only: [1]/1-2.7-8, with a modern blank before and after.

Binding:

19th-century gilt-tooled full green goatskin over paper boards (21 x 13.5 cm), sewn on 5 supports by Duru, 1852. Marbled paper pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.

Variant Title:

Soprascripti et introscripti di lettere

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: Contemporary manuscript inscriptions faded and only partially visible (but illegible) under UV (blank leaf before leaf [1]/1 and below colophon on leaf [1]/8).

Provenance:

Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Giuseppe Martini, Jan. 1931.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Century:

15th century

Department:

Printed Books