Accession number
PML 2003
Creator
Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco, 1470-1533.
Published
In suburbio Noui : Benedictus Dulcibellus Mangius Carpensis exscriptsit, M.D.VIII No[nas]. nouembr[ris] [5 November 1508]
Description
[36] leaves (last p. blank) ; 31 cm (fol.)
Notes
Imprint from colophon which reads in part: Anno a Partu Virginis M.D.VIII, No. nouembr. in suburbio Noui ... librum hunc ... Benedictus Dulcibellus Mangius Carpe[n]sis exscripsit stamneis usus calamis ...
First book printed in this city.
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First book printed in this city.
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Binding
16th-century French black calf with gold tooled geometrical interlace design, by Claude de Picques (previously attributed to the "Entrelac Binder," i.e. Jean Picard) for Jean Grolier. The binding design is identical to two other Claude de Picques volumes
Provenance
Jean Grolier (1479-1565), binding with ownership inscription: "Io. Grolierii et amicorum" and motto: "Portio mea domine sit in terra viventium"; M. Prévost, Councillor to Napoleon III, Rouen (cited in Austin); Marcel Thévenin (cited in Austin); Pierpont
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