In hoc uolumine haec insunt. Theodori Introductiuae gra[m]matices libri quatuor. : Eiusdem De mensibus opusculum sane qua[m]pulchtu[m]. Apollonii gra[m]matici de constructione libri quatuor. Herodianus De numeris.

Accession number: 
PML 436
Author: 
Gazēs, Theodōros, approximately 1400-approximately 1475.
Published: 
Impressum Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi Romani, octauo Calendas Ianuarias M. CCCCLXXXXV. [25 December 1495].
Description: 
[198] leaves ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes: 

Title from half-title page (leaf [alpha]1r).
Imprint from the second colophon (leaf M[Mu]4r): Impressum Venetiis in aedibus Aldi Romani octauo Calendas Ianuarias M. CCCCLXXXXV. Concessum est eidem Aldo ab illustrissimo Senatu Veneto ne cui hunc librum liceat imprimere sub poena ut in gratia.
First colophon (leaf [lambda]8r): Etypothe en Henetiais dexioteti Aldou Manoukiou tou vasianeos.
Printed in Manutius's types 1:146Gr, 3:108R, and 6:82R(?).
Signatures: [alpha]⁸ b[beta]-l[lambda]⁸; a⁸ b¹⁰ A[Alpha]-L[Lambda]⁸ M[Mu]⁴: 198 leaves.
Paper format: Super-chancery folio
Printed initials and headpieces.
In most copies, the word "pathe" has been added in contemporary manuscript on leaf [alpha]1v.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 31.8 x 21.1 cm.

Binding: 
19th-century English green, hard-grained morocco over paper boards (33 x 22 cm.), sewn on 5 supports, with the arms of Lord Gosford. Plain yellow paper pastedowns and fly leaves, with plain paper fly leaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.
Variant Title: 

In hoc volumine haec insunt. Theodori Introductivae grammatices libri quatuor

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized where required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. PML copy with manuscript "pathe" added to leaf [alpha]1v.

Provenance: 
Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), armorial binding and bibliographical note, purchased from Payne & Foss for £5.5.0, 1834 (front fly leaf recto) and shelf mark: F5 (front fly leaf verso); James Toovey (1814-1893), purchased Gosford's library en bloc in 1878, Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Morocco bindings (Binding)
Armorial bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books