Publii Ovidii Nasonis epistolarum Heroidum liber primus.

Accession number:

PML 198242.2

Author:

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.

Published:

Venetiis : Per Batistam de Tortis, M.cccclxxxi. die. xv. Decembris [15 December 1481].

Description:

[92] leaves ; 30 x 21 cm (folio)

Credit Line:

Purchased on the Henry S. Morgan Fund, 2019.

Notes:

Title from caption, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf l10r: Venetiis per Batistam de Tortis. M.cccclxxxi. die .xv. Decembris.
Printed in de Tortis's types 1:114R, 2:78R, and 78Gk.
Signatures: [1]²; a-k⁸ l¹⁰: 92 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Text surrounded by commentary.
1 column, with commentary. Capital spaces, without guide letters.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29 x 20 cm.

Binding:

15th-century German blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards (30 x 20.5 cm), sewn on 4 supports by Paulus R. of Heidelberg (active ca. 1476-1499; EBDB w000004/Kryiss 58). Plain paper pastedowns; plaited endbands. 2 clasps, missing.

Variant Title:

Pvblii Ovidii Nasonis epistolarvm Heroidvm liber primvs

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: Contemporary contents list, in hand not found in annotations (front pastedown). Contemporary interlinear and marginal notations in at least 2 different hands throughout, more predominant in quires a-c, including citations from early 16th-century printed texts. Manuscript titles added to fore edge, top edge, and front board.

Provenance:

Ottobeuren (Bavaria), Benedictines, inscription (abraded, visible under UV from verso): "Monrij Ottobeuren," 18th century (leaf a2r of Sallust); unidentified shelfmark or dealer code: "No. 2590 -/1-0," perhaps 18th or early 19th century (leaf a1r of Sallust); Morgan Library & Museum, purchased from Maggs Bros. on the Henry S. Morgan Fund, April 2019.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Department:

Printed Books