Accession number
PML 170
Object title
Hic libellus duos in se continet libellulos. Titulus primi libelli, De sacerdotio d[omi]ni nostri Iesu secreto[rum] secretissimu[m] cristicolis diutine occultatum. Sed a quoda[m] indeo reseratu[m], [et] nostris temporibus publicatu[m], [et] letus [et] auditu necnon scitu permirabile. Titulus secundi libelli, De oratione libellulus [et] egregi[us] nobilisq[ue] [et] electissimus ac letus vel auditu perutilis.
Published
Civitate Augusta impressum est : per Johann Froschauer, .M.cccc.xcix [1499].
Description
[8] leaves : illustration (woodcut) ; 20 cm (4to)
Credit line
Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Notes
Title from half-title page, leaf a1r: Hic libellus duos in se continet libellulos. Titulus primi libelli, De sacerdotio d[omi]ni nostri Iesu secreto[rum] secretissimu[m] cristicolis diutine occultatum. Sed a quoda[m] indeo reseratu[m], [et] nostris temporibus publicatu[m], [et] letus [et] auditu necnon scitu permirabile. Titulus secundi libelli, De oratione libellulus [et] egregi[us] nobilisq[ue] [et] electissimus ac letus vel auditu perutilis.
Imprint from colophon, leaf b4r: Anno salutifere melliflueq[ue] ac selicissime nativitatis d[omi]ni nostir Iesu [christ]i .M.cccc.xcix. Id opusculi magno cum studio [et] fideli dilige[n]tia ac mira arte per Iohanne[m] Froschauer in famosa imp[er]ialiq[ue] civitate Augusta impressum est.
Printed in Froschauer's types 2:140G and 3:92G.
Signatures: a-b⁴: 8 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
1 woodcut, leaf a1r, of Christ Child holding a twig with three acorns.
Morgan copy leaf dimensions: 19 x 13.5 cm.
Imprint from colophon, leaf b4r: Anno salutifere melliflueq[ue] ac selicissime nativitatis d[omi]ni nostir Iesu [christ]i .M.cccc.xcix. Id opusculi magno cum studio [et] fideli dilige[n]tia ac mira arte per Iohanne[m] Froschauer in famosa imp[er]ialiq[ue] civitate Augusta impressum est.
Printed in Froschauer's types 2:140G and 3:92G.
Signatures: a-b⁴: 8 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
1 woodcut, leaf a1r, of Christ Child holding a twig with three acorns.
Morgan copy leaf dimensions: 19 x 13.5 cm.
Binding
Late 19th-century blue paper-covered boards (20 x 14 cm), sewn on 3 supports, with linen spine and leather spine label, presumably by Leighton. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves, of William Morris's primrose watermark paper.
Variant title
Sacerdotium Jesu Christi.
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
William Morris (1834-1896), Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, booklabel (front pastedown) and bibliographic notes by Sydney Cockerell, laid-in (rear pastedown), entire library purchased in August 1896 by: Richard Bennett (1849-1930), armorial bookplate (front pastedown) and price code: w/-/- +___ (front pastedown), entire library purchased in 1902 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
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