Qvinti Horatii Flacci Venvsini carminvm liber primvs ad Mecoenatem.

Accession number:

PML 22551

Author:

Horace.

Published:

[Milan] Philippi de Lauagnia, Anno a Natali Christiano .Mcccclxxvi. die .xvi. Februarii [16 February 1476].

Description:

[126] leaves ; 28 x 18 cm. (quarto)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1925.

Notes:

Title from caption (leaf A2r).
Imprint from colophon (leaf Q7r): Hoc opus Horatii emendatissimum impressum est op[er]a & impensis Philippi de Lauagnia ciuis mediolanensis. Anno a Natali Christiano .Mcccclxxvi. die .xvi. Februarii. Amen.
Printed in Lavagnia's type 3:107/108R.
Signatures: A-G⁸H⁶I-Q⁸: 126 leaves, leaves A1 and Q8 blank. Printed signatures are well below the text block and have been trimmed away in many copies. Leaf A1 unsigned; A2 signed A, etc.
Paper format: Royal quarto
Spaces left for initials, with printed guide-letters.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 26.5 x 19.4 cm.
PML copy missing 2 leaves: A1 and Q8 (blanks).

Binding:

19th-century Austrian half calf with marbled paper sides over paper boards (27.5 x 20.5 cm.), sewn on 4 supports. Marbled paper pastedowns and fly leaves with plain paper fly leaves; decorative endbands; sprinkled edges.

Variant Title:

Quinti Horatii Flacci Venusini carminum liber primus ad Mecoenatem

Inscriptions/Markings:

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

Provenance:

Franz I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835), stamps: crowned "FID.C" and crowned "F.I." in circle (leaf A2r); Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, shelf marks: 305-22 (stamped, front fly leaf verso), with a group of duplicates sold to L.C. Harper; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Harper, Feb. 1925.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Calf bindings (Binding)

Marbled papers (Binding)

Half bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books