Lucii Aenei Senecae ad Lucilium.

Accession number:

PML 18700

Author:

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.

Published:

Rome : Arnoldus Pannartz, 1 February 1475.

Description:

[180] leaves ; 27 x 19 cm. (4to)

Credit Line:

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.

Notes:

Title from incipit (leaf [2]/2r): Lucii Aenei Senecae ad Lucilium: Epistolar[um] liber primus: Epistola prima de colligenda & existenda fuga te[m]poris. Et non esse pauperem cui etia[m] modicu[m] satis est.
Colophon (leaf [20]/9v): Praesens haec epistolarum Senecae ad Lucilium impressio In alma urbe Roma in domo nobilis viri Petri de maximis non atramento: plumali calamo: neq[ue] stilo aereo: sed artificiosa quadam adinventione imprimendi seu characterizandi: opus sic effigiatum est ad dei laudem i[n]dustriaeq[ue] p[er] magistr[um] Arnoldu[m] pannartz Alamanu[m] est co[n]sumatu[m]. Anno salutis .M.CCCC.LXXV. Die vero Prima Mensis Februarii: Seden[te] Sixto Pon. Max. Anno eius quarto.
Printed in type 2:115R.
Collation: [1⁸ 2-5¹⁰ 6-11⁸ 12¹⁰ 13⁸ 14-17¹⁰ 18-19⁸ 20¹⁰]: 180 leaves, leaves [1]/1 blank.
Paper format: Royal quarto
PML copy leaf dimensions: 26.8 x 18.9 cm.

Binding:

16th/17th-century Italian laced limp parchment (27 x 19 cm.), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves. 15th/16th-century manuscript waste (citations to events in Gospels of John and Luke) used to reinforce bookblock around sewing stations.

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized, but manuscript guide letters added. Annotations: Heavily annotated throughout in several hands, one hand belonging to the name overwritten by Ricciuti's inscription, 15th-17th century. Mathematical diagram and calculations (leaf [20]/10v).

Provenance:

Inscription cut out (leaf [1]/2r); D. Pauli Ricciuti codex, inscription written over earlier inscription, 17th/18th century (leaves [1]/2r, [2]/2r, and [20]/9v); Mario Massimo (1808-1873), ducca de Rignano; Bibliotheque Massimo sale, 18-28 Jan. 1909, to Giuseppe Martini for Morgan; Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), Jan. 1909.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

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Genres:

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books