[Commentarii in orationes Ciceronis].

Accession number:

PML 16359

Author:

Asconius Pedianus, Quintus, 9 B.C.-76 A.D.

Published:

Venice : Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, [between 2 June and 12 September 1477]

Description:

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

Credit Line:

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.

Notes:

Collation: a¹⁰ b⁶ c-g⁸; a⁸ b¹⁰ c⁸ d⁶; a¹⁰ b⁸ c¹⁰ d-e⁸ f⁶ g-l⁸ m⁶: 184 leaves.
Dated by CIBN.
Edited by Hieronymus Squarzaficus.
Explici (leaf m6r): Venetiis ex [a]edibus solit[a]e habitationis 4° nonas Junias .M.cccc.lxxvii.
First colophon (leaf ¹g8v): H[a]ec est pars. Q.A. pediani cura & diligentia pogii flore[n]tini viri litteratissimi reperta in monasterio sancti galli prope constantia[m] .xx. millibu[us] passuu[m]: & ab ipsius pogii exemparib[us] a me A.Iu. transcripta. ac Venetiis p[er] Johan[n]e[m] de Colonia sociu[m]q[ue] eius Joha[n]nem Manthen de Gerrtzem impressa.
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29 x 20.1 cm
Printed in type 8*:109R.
Title from ISTC.

Binding:

18th-century French red goatskin over heavy paper boards (30 x 21 cm), sewn on 5 supports. Marbled paper pastedowns and fly leaves with plain paper fly leaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized (printed guide letters). Annotations: Contemporary manuscript author inscription (front fly leaf recto, under reinforcement). Contemporary marginal notations, in first part only.

Provenance:

Unidentified inscription: "Vendum cher Lavaliere. 121." (front fly leaf verso); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased from Giuseppe Martini, Oct. 1909.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Goatskin bindings (Binding)

Century:

15th century

Department:

Printed Books