Accession number
PML 16724
Creator
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Object title
M.T. Ciceronis ad quintum fratrem in libros de oratore.
Published
[Venice] : [Vindelinus de Spira], [about 1470]
Description
[110] leaves ; 30 x 21 cm (4to)
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Notes
Title from incipit (leaf [1]/1r): M.T. Ciceronis ad Quintum Fratrem In Libros De Oratore Pr[a]efatio Incipit Foeliciter.
No colophon.
Printed in type 1:110R.
Collation: [1⁸ 2⁶ 3¹⁰ 4-13⁸ 14⁶]: 110 leaves, leaves [1]/1 and[14]/6 blank.
Paper format: Royal quarto
CIBN C-440 reports a variant (ISTC).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.5 x 20.5 cm.
PML copy missing 2 leaves: [1]/1 and[14]/6 (blanks).
No colophon.
Printed in type 1:110R.
Collation: [1⁸ 2⁶ 3¹⁰ 4-13⁸ 14⁶]: 110 leaves, leaves [1]/1 and[14]/6 blank.
Paper format: Royal quarto
CIBN C-440 reports a variant (ISTC).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.5 x 20.5 cm.
PML copy missing 2 leaves: [1]/1 and[14]/6 (blanks).
Binding
19th-century blind-tooled black morocco with the gilt armorial of Sykes over paper boards (30 x 21 cm), stab sewn on 5 supports by L. Staggemeier, with his ticket. A rare example of Staggemeier's ticket in his name only (cf. Ramsden, p. 135). Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands.
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubricated, blue initial (leaf [1]/2r) but remainder unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
Sir Mark Masterman Sykes (1771-1823), inscription: "Cat. VI. P159. MMS. Sledmere" (front fly leaf verso); his sale, Evans, part I, 11 May 1824, lot 922, to Thorpe for £15; A.J. Canham, armorial bookplate with inscription: "Ap[ri]l [18]53" (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased from Giuseppe Martini, April 1910.
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