[Comoediae].

Accession number:

PML 16324

Author:

Terence.

Published:

Venice : Jacobus Rubeus, 25 August 1476.

Description:

[178] leaves ; 30 x 21 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.

Notes:

Title from ISTC.
Half-title page (leaf a1r): PUBLII TERENTII.
Colophon (leaf &8r): P. Sextii Terentii Afri cu[m] Aelii Donati gra[m]matici examinata i[n]terpretat[i]o[n]e finis. In super addita e[st] Calphurnii in Heautontimorumenon Terenti accurata expositio. Impressum quidem est opus hoc per Jacobum Gallicu[m] mira arte ac diligentia. Anno domini .M.CCCC.Lxxvi. viii. Caldendas Septe[m]bris. Andrea Vendramino Duce Inclyto Venetia[rum].
Printed in types 1:110R and 2:80R.
Collation: a¹⁰ b-d⁸ e-g⁶ h⁸ i-l⁶ m⁴ mm⁸ n-q⁸ r⁶ s⁸ t⁶ u-x⁸ y-z⁶ &⁸: 178 leaves, leaf a1 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29.2 x 20 cm.

Binding:

19th-century quarter red morocco with glazed red paper sides over paper boards (30 x 21 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Marbled paper pastedowns and fly leaves with plain paper fly leaves.

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. "Losti f. a." written in modern black ink on top board.

Provenance:

Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland (1803-1891), Battle Abbey book label, no. 351; his sale, Sotheby's, 16 June 1902, lot 499 to Maggs for £2.18.0; Giuseppe Martini, collation note (front fly leaf verso); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased from Martini, Oct. 1909.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Quarter bindings (Binding)

Morocco bindings (Binding)

Paste papers (Binding)

Glazed papers (Paper)

Department:

Printed Books