Accession number
PML 26671.2
Creator
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Object title
De montibus, sylvis, fontibus, lacubus, fluminibus, stagnis seu paludib[us], de nomi[ni]bus maris.
Published
Venice : [Vindelinus de Spira], 13 January 1473.
Description
[76] leaves ; 34 x 23 cm. (fol.)
Credit line
Purchased in 1929.
Notes
Title from incipit (leaf [1]/1r): Joannis Boccacii de Certaldo: de montibus: sylvis: fontibus: lacubus: fluminibus: stagnis seu paludib[us]: de nomi[ni]bus maris: liber i[n]cipit feliciter.
Colophon (leaf [8]/7r): Jo. boccatii viri clarissimi de montibus: silvis: fontibus: lacubus: stagnis seu paludibus: & de diversis nomi[ni]bus maris opus diligentissime i[m]pressum finit. Venetiis Idus Jan[uarius] .cccc.lxxiii.
Printed in type 1:110R.
Collation: [1-5¹⁰ 6⁸ 7¹⁰ 8⁸]: 76 leaves, leaf [8]/8 blank.
Paper format: Median folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 32.6 x 22.7 cm., trimmed.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: [8]/8 (blank).
Colophon (leaf [8]/7r): Jo. boccatii viri clarissimi de montibus: silvis: fontibus: lacubus: stagnis seu paludibus: & de diversis nomi[ni]bus maris opus diligentissime i[m]pressum finit. Venetiis Idus Jan[uarius] .cccc.lxxiii.
Printed in type 1:110R.
Collation: [1-5¹⁰ 6⁸ 7¹⁰ 8⁸]: 76 leaves, leaf [8]/8 blank.
Paper format: Median folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 32.6 x 22.7 cm., trimmed.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: [8]/8 (blank).
Binding
18th-century gold-tooled vellum over paper boards (34 x 23 cm.), sewn on 3 supports, with the arms of Domenico Marzio Carafa on sides. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands; speckled edges.
Variant title
De montibus, sylvis, fontibus, lacubus, fluminibus, stagnis seu paludibus, et de nominibus maris
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Contemporary alpha-numeric quire signatures, mainly trimmed.
Provenance
Domenico Marzio Carafa, 8th duca di Maddaloni (1706-1748), shelf mark inscriptions: "Madalo[?] sea. 2 Cas 4" and "Madalol. 2.8.s." (front fly leaf recto) and armorial binding; Dominici Cosunni, signature (rear pastedown); George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon (1735-1813), bookplate (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Bernard Quaritch, June 1929.
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