Elegantia[rum] linguae latinae.

Accession number:

PML 24562

Author:

Valla, Lorenzo, 1407-1457.

Published:

Venetiis impressum : [Printer of the 1480 Valla (Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis?)], Anno Christi .M.cccc.lxxx. [1480]

Description:

[190] leaves ; 29.5 x 21 cm. (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1927.

Notes:

Title from incipit (leaf a1v): Laurentii Vallensis Viri Clarissimi: & de Lingua Latina Benemerentis Ad Joannem Tortellium Arretinum: Cui Opus Elegantia[rum] Linguae Latinae Dedicat: Epistola.
Colophon (leaf [rum]7r): LAURENTII Vallensis patritii romani de linguae latinae elegantia: & de hoc pronomine sui ad Joannem Tortellum opus Venetiis impressum. Anno Christi .M.cccc.lxxx.
Printed in type 1:112R and 2:112Gk.
On the printer see BMC VI p.l: Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis was 'either identical or closely allied with the Printer of the 1480 Valla'.
Collation: [1]⁸; a⁸ b⁶ c-g⁸ h⁶ i⁸ k⁶ l-m⁸ n-q⁶ r⁸ s⁶ t⁸ u⁶ x-z⁸ [et]⁸ [rum]⁸: 190 leaves, leaf [rum]8 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Includes the author's "De pronomine sui" (leaves [et]5 recto to [rum]7 recto).
Capital spaces, most with guide-letters.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.7 x 19.8 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: [rum]8 (blank).

Binding:

19th-century stiff vellum (29.5 x 21 cm.), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns; laced-in endbands.

Variant Title:

Elegantiae linguae latinae

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Manuscript title on fore-edge.

Provenance:

P. Morel, signature (leaf [rum]7r); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Lathrop C. Harper, May 1927.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books