[De oratore].

Accession number: 
PML 18001
Author: 
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Published: 
Rome : Ulrich Han (Udalricus Gallus), 5 December 1468.
Description: 
[92 leaves] ; 26.5 x 19 cm (4to)
Credit Line: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Notes: 

Title from ISTC.
Colophon (leaf [10]/7v): Finiti et co[n]tinuati sunt supradicti libri. M. T. C. Rome per me Ulricum. Han. de wie[n]na. Anno domini. Millesimoquadringentesimosexagesimooctavo Die. Quinta. Mensis. Decembris
Printed in types 1:150G (incipit and colophon) and 2*:86R.
Collation: [1-5¹⁰ 6-7⁸ 8¹⁰ 9-10⁸]: 92 leaves, leaf [10]/8 blank.
Paper format: Royal quarto
PML copy leaf dimensions: 25.8 x 18 cm.

Binding: 
Modern blind-stamped full maroon goatskin over boards (26.5 x 19 cm), sewn on 5 supports by Duprez-Lahey. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves, plain endbands; sprinkled edges.
Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Illuminated foliate initials in a northern Italian style (Veneto region?). Annotations: Contemporary marginal notations in an Italian hand (leaf [1]/2 only).

Provenance: 
Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased from Leo Olschki, Jan. 1908.
Classification: 
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