Somnium Scipionis.

Accession number:

PML 198456A-D

Author:

Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius.

Published:

Impressi Venetiis [Venice] : opera et impensa Nicolai Jenson Gallici, M.CCCC.LXXII [1472]

Description:

[166] leaves ; 30 cm. (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased on the Curt F. Bühler Fund, 2019.

Notes:

Title from incipit (leaf [1]/2r): SOMNIUM SCIPIONIS EX CICERONIS LIBRO DE REPUBLICA EXCERPTUM.
Colophon (leaf [20]/7v): MARCOBII AURELII THEODOSII VIRI CONSULARIS ET ILLUSTRIS SATURNALIORUM LIBRI IMPRESSI VENETIIS OPERA ET IMPENSA NICOLAI JENSON GALLICI .M.CCCC.LXXII.
Printed in type 1:115R and 10:115Gr.
Collation: [1-2¹⁰ 3-12⁸ 13¹⁰ 14-20⁸]: 166 leaves, leaves [1]/1 and [20]/8 blank.
Paper format: Median folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 30 x 22 cm.
PML copy is 4 leaves only: the incipit leaves for In Somnium Scipionis, Book II (leaf [4]/2, PML 198456A) and Saturnalia, Books III (leaf [11]/5, PML 198456B), V (leaf [13]/7, PML 198456C), and VI (leaf [15]/5, PML 198456D).
Watermark: on PML 198456B. Hunting horn. Watermark, beta radiograph. Horn. 431753wm1_PML_198456B_WM_beta.jpg
Watermark: on PML 198456D. Balance in a circle. Watermark, beta radiograph. Balance, circle. 431753wm2_PML_198456D_WM_beta.jpg

Binding:

Individually matted leaves.

Variant Title:

In somnium Scipionis expositio

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Contemporary Venetian pen and wash historiated initials by the Master of the Putti. Annotations: One contemporary marginal note, abraded.

Provenance:

Fred Schreiber Rare Books, about 1984 (group of 7 leaves); Francesco Radaeli, of Milan, acquired in 1984, bookplate (previously inside front cover of case, now in dept. file), all 7 leaves; Jörn Günther Antiquariat, acquired by 2011, by 2015 only 6 leaves remained with 1 leaf in an American private collection; Koller Auctions (Zurich), 26 March 2019, lot 514, 4 leaves; Phillip J. Pirages, cat. 75, no. 100, 4 leaves; Morgan Library & Museum, purchased from Pirages on the Curt F. Bühler Fund, Nov. 2019.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Department:

Printed Books