[Opera].

Accession number:

PML 20490

Author:

Josephus, Flavius, author.

Published:

Venetiarum : Raynaldum de Novimagio, [1481]

Description:

[232, 120] leaves ; 32 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1919.

Notes:

Title from references.
Colophon, part I (leaf [con]7v): Imp[re]ssu[m] Venetiis p[er] Reynaldu[m] de novimagio. Anno d[omi]ni .M.cccc. decio die maii.
Colophon, part II (leaf p5v): Impressum in inclyta civitate Venetiarum per magistrum Raynaldum de Novimagio almanu[m]. Anno salutis .M.cccc.lxxxi. Ultima die Martii.
In two parts, dated I) 10 May 1400 [i.e. 1481] II) 31 March 1481.
Printed in types 2:150G and 3:84G.
Collation, part I: a-b¹⁰ c-d⁸ ²d⁸ e-m⁸ n-o¹⁰ p-s⁸ ²s⁸ t⁸ v⁸ u⁸ x-z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁸: 232 leaves, leaf a1 blank; part II: a¹⁰ b-o⁸ p⁶: 120 leaves, leaves a1 and p6 blank.
Translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis. Edited by Hieronymus Squarzaficus.
PML copy lead dimensions: 29.5 x 19.6 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: part II, a1 (blank).

Binding:

17th/18th-century Italian vellum over paper boards (31 x 21 cm.), stab-sewn on 5 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands; red edges.

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Northern Italian rubrication, alternating red and blue lombards and paragraph marks. Annotations: Minimal contemporary marginal notations.

Provenance:

Luscombe (Bishop Matthew Luscombe, 1776-1846?), signature, Paris, 1840 (front pastedown); J.H. Noyes, gift inscription (front pastedown) to: William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, Baron Amherst (1835-1909), armorial bookplate (front pastedown), his sale, Sotheby's London, 3 Dec. 1908, lot 505; Giuseppe Martini, unidentified catalogue, no. 119 for $50; J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased from Martini, April 1919.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books