[Opera].

Accession number:

PML 45443

Author:

Sallust, 86-34 B.C.

Published:

Venice : Vindelinus de Spira, 1470.

Description:

[72] leaves ; 28.5 x 19.5 cm. (4to)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1954.

Notes:

Title from ISTC.
Colophon (leaf [6]/12r): .EXPLICIT. .M.C.C.C.C.L.X.X. Qui cupis ignotum Iugurthe noscere letum. / Tarpeie rupis pulsus ad ima ruit. / Quadringenta dedit formata volumina crispi / Nunc lector venetis spirea vindelinus / Et calamo libros audes spectare notatos / Aere magis quando littera ducta nit[et].
Printed in type 1:110R.
Collation: [1-6¹²]: 72 leaves, leaf [1]/1 blank.
Paper format: Royal quarto
Commentary by Laurentius Valla. Edited by Pomponius Laetus.
Colophon includes distich on the death of Jugurtha (Walter, Initia, 15445).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 27.8 x 19 cm.

Binding:

18th/19th century vellum with fore edge extensions over paper boards (28.5 x 19.5 cm.), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands.

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Illuminated, white vine initial with profile face and empty laurel wreath in bottom margin (leaf [1]/2r); remaining initials unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance:

Bibliothèque Mery de Bellegarde, armorial bookplate; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from H.P. Kraus, Dec. 1954.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books