Accession number
PML 25532
Creator
Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516.
Object title
De laude scripto[rum] pulcherrimus tractatus / d[omi]ni Ioha[n]nis Tritemij abbatis Spanhemensis ordinis sancti benedicti de obserua[n]tia bursfelden[sis] : ad Gerlacu[m] abbatem tuiciensem.
Published
[Mainz] : per Petrum Friedbergensem impressorem Maguntinum, M.cccc.xciiij [1494].
Description
[20] leaves ; 19.5 cm (4to)
Credit line
Purchased in 1928.
Notes
Title from half-title page, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf c6r: Desideratus finis huic p[er]q[uam] eleganti opusculo fauste imponitur p[er] Petru[m] Friedbergen[sem] impressorem Maguntinu[m]. Anno virginei partus. M.cccc.xciiij.
Printed in Peter von Friedberg's types 1:81G and 3:149G.
Signatures: a⁸ b-c⁶: 20 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 18.9 x 13.3 cm.
PML copy with half-title from leaf a1r cut out and mounted on modern paper.
Imprint from colophon, leaf c6r: Desideratus finis huic p[er]q[uam] eleganti opusculo fauste imponitur p[er] Petru[m] Friedbergen[sem] impressorem Maguntinu[m]. Anno virginei partus. M.cccc.xciiij.
Printed in Peter von Friedberg's types 1:81G and 3:149G.
Signatures: a⁸ b-c⁶: 20 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 18.9 x 13.3 cm.
PML copy with half-title from leaf a1r cut out and mounted on modern paper.
Binding
Late 19th/early 20th-century vellum over paper boards (19.5 x 14 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves.
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
Trier, Stadtbibliothek, stamp, crossed out (leaf a1v); J. Nick, Pastor, of Bad Salzig, stamp, crossed out (leaf a1v); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Joseph Baer & Co., April 1928.
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