Accession number:
PML 248
Published:
Romae : [Per Ant. Bladum], 1542.
Credit:
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Description:
[4], 581 pages ; 30 cm (fol)
Notes:
Title also referred to as: Enarrationes in quatuor evangelia (Greek), cf. Brunet, v. 5, col. 800.
Title romanized; title page and text in Greek.
Preface in Latin.
Engraved title vignette.
Binding:
16th-century Italian morocco, gold tooled and painted in a strapwork pattern, with Greek-style boards. Edges gilt, gauffered, and painted with hunting scenes. Gold tooled title on each board: Teophilat̄ s̄ sa. Pavlo Grecho."
Variant Title:
Ermineia eis ta tessara evangelia
Provenance:
Eufrosino Lapini (1520?-1571), inscriptions, 1562: "Euphrosyni Lapini No. DLxij.," shelfmark: 102, and "tta: e" added after imprint date (title page); James Toovey (1814-1893), through inheritance to his son: Charles J. Toovey (1848-1925), Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown), entire library purchased in 1899 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
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