Accession number
PML 264
Creator
Musaeus, Grammaticus.
Object title
Mousaiou Ta kathērō kai Leandron ho dē kai eis ten Rōmaiōn dialekton autolexei metōchetouthe = Musaei opusculum de Herone & Leandro, quod & in Latinam linguam ad uerbum tralatum est.
Published
[Venice] : Egraphe en Enetiais dapane kai dexioteti Aldoutou philellenos kai rhomaiou,, [before November 1495-1497?]
Description
[22] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 21.5 cm (4to)
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Title from half-title page, including Greek title, leaf b1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf a10v, in Greek.
Date from ISTC. The Greek portion is shown by Aldus' prefatory letter to have been printed before the first volume of Aristotle, dated 1 Nov. 1495. The Latin is printed in two post-1495 types, one of which has a paragraph mark not traced before 1497 (BMC, based on Proctor, Printing of Greek, pp.95-96).
Printed in Aldus's types 1:146Gr, 2:114R, and 7:114Gr.
Signatures: [alpha]¹⁰ b¹², interleaved: 22 leaves; leaf b1 not signed, b2 signed b1, b3 signed c, b5 signed v.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
The Greek and Latin texts were printed on separate quires which were then folded so that the texts appear in parallel.
Woodcut illustrations (2, leaves b6v-7r), headpieces, and initials.
Morgan copy leaf dimensions: 20.3 x 15 cm.
Morgan copy misbound: sign. b5.8 (signed 'v') bound between b2.11 (signed 'b') and 3.10 (signed 'c' with manuscript correction to 'biii'), so that the leaves are quire b are ordered: 1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 6.7, 9, 10, 8, 11, 12.
Imprint from colophon, leaf a10v, in Greek.
Date from ISTC. The Greek portion is shown by Aldus' prefatory letter to have been printed before the first volume of Aristotle, dated 1 Nov. 1495. The Latin is printed in two post-1495 types, one of which has a paragraph mark not traced before 1497 (BMC, based on Proctor, Printing of Greek, pp.95-96).
Printed in Aldus's types 1:146Gr, 2:114R, and 7:114Gr.
Signatures: [alpha]¹⁰ b¹², interleaved: 22 leaves; leaf b1 not signed, b2 signed b1, b3 signed c, b5 signed v.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
The Greek and Latin texts were printed on separate quires which were then folded so that the texts appear in parallel.
Woodcut illustrations (2, leaves b6v-7r), headpieces, and initials.
Morgan copy leaf dimensions: 20.3 x 15 cm.
Morgan copy misbound: sign. b5.8 (signed 'v') bound between b2.11 (signed 'b') and 3.10 (signed 'c' with manuscript correction to 'biii'), so that the leaves are quire b are ordered: 1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 6.7, 9, 10, 8, 11, 12.
Binding
19th-century French full black straight-grained morocco, blind- and gold-tooled, with citron morocco blind-tooled doublures, over paper boards (21.5 x 16 cm), by Bozerian; front hinge repaired. Gilt, blue, plain paper and vellum endleaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.
Variant title
Musaei opusculum de Herone et Leandro, quod et in latinam linguam ad verbum tralatum est
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
Antoine Augustin Renouard (1765-1853), sold to Payne, 1835 (see Acheson note); Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), purchased from Payne & Foss, 1835, armorial booklabel and shelfmark: B4 (front endleaf 1 verso), entire library purchased in 1878 by: James Toovey (1814-1893), through inheritance to his son: Charles J. Toovey (1848-1925), Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown), entire library purchased in 1899 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
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