Valerii Maximi dictorum et factorum memorabilium.

Accession number:

PML 21955

Author:

Valerius Maximus.

Published:

[Venice] : Vindelinus de Spira, 1471.

Description:

[123] leaves ; 33 x 23 cm. (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1923.

Notes:

Title from rubric table incipit (leaf [1]/1r): VALERII MAXIMI DICTORUM ET FACTORUM MEMORABILIUM RUBRICAE.
Colophon (leaf [14]/7r): .M.CCCC.LXXI. Impressum formis iustoq[ue] nitore coruscans / Hoc Vindelinus condidit artis opus.
Printed in type 1:110R.
Collation: [1¹⁰ 2⁸ 3¹² 4-6⁸ 7⁴(+4*: De Gratis Capitulo Secundo) 8-10⁸ 11¹⁰ 12¹² 13¹⁰ 14⁸]: 123 leaves, leaf [14]/8 blank.
Paper format: Median folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 32.2. x 21.8 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: [14]/8 (blank).

Binding:

19th-century plain vellum over stiff paper boards (33 x 23 cm.), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands.

Variant Title:

Facta et dicta memorabilia

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized, manuscript guide letters. Annotations: Contemporary marginal notations in a German hand, predominantly on first few leaves, with headlines and foliation throughout; foliation noted on rubric table. Contemporary alpha-numeric manuscript quire signatures, mainly trimmed.

Provenance:

Unidentified sale catalogue (Martini?) description, for $450 (rear fly leaf); J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased from Giuseppe Martini, 1923.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

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Genres:

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books