Accession number:
PML 20965
Published:
Suollis : opera et impensis Petri Os de Breda, [1499]
Description:
[22] leaves ; 20.5 cm (4to)
Credit Line:
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1919.
Notes:
Title from leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf d3v: C. Crispi Salustii de co[n]iuratione Cataline liber feliciter finit. Suollis opera [et] impensis Petri os de breda eme[n]date impressus.
PML Checklist and GW dates as 1499; ISTC to 1497.
Printed in Os's types 8:100G and 9A:71G.
Signatures: a-c⁶ d⁴: 22 leaves, leaf d4 blank.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 20 x 13.5 cm.
Binding:
Modern full red goatskin with gilt-tooled title on cover over paper boards (20.5 x 14 cm), sewn on 4 by Riviere & Son. Marbled paper pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.
Variant Title:
De coniuratione Catilinae
Inscriptions/Markings:
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance:
[Note by Belle Greene says that this copy came from George Dunn sale (lot 1575 to Leighton for £15.10.0), but this copy without any of Dunn's typical inscriptions or notes;] Bernard Quaritch, cat. 353, no. 28; J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased from Quaritch, 1919.
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