Francisci Philelfi praefatio in Xenophontis libros de cyri paedia ad Pavlvm secvndvm pontificem maximvm.

Accession number: 
PML 26990
Author: 
Xenophon.
Published: 
Romae [i.e. Milan] : Arnoldi de Villa [i.e. Simon Magniagus], die decimo Martii .Mcccclxxiiii [10 March 1474, i.e. before 18 February 1477].
Description: 
[146] leaves ; 28 cm. (4to)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1929.
Notes: 

Title from caption (leaf [1]/1r).
Imprint from colophon (leaf [19]/6r): Hoc opus diligenter emendatum impressum est Romae opera & impensa magistri Arnoldi de Villa die decimo Martii .Mcccclxxiiii.
Printed in Magniagus's type 1:99R.
On the printing, formerly assigned to Archangelus Ungardus, see A. Ganda, "Per hanc artem quam Christus dominus coelitus demisit in terras: editori e stampatori ecclesiastici a Milano nel Quattrocento," in E. Colombo (ed.), La tipografia a Milano nel quattrocento: atti del convegno ... 16 ottobre 2006 (Comazzo, 2007) pp., 149-171, esp. 151 ff.
Some copies contain a Rome imprint of the otherwise unknown Arnoldus de Villa. The book is identified as Milanese printing in BMC VI.
Collation: [1-8⁸ 9⁶ 10-17⁸ 18-19⁶]: 146 leaves.
Paper format: Royal quarto
Translated by Franciscus Philelphus.
Printed catchwords on every leaf.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 27.1 x 19.2 cm.
PML copy with Rome colophon.

Binding: 
18th-century morocco edges (does not cover full board) with sprinkled paper sides over early wooden boards (28.5 x 20 cm.), sewn on 3 supports, recovered with later goatskin edges and sprinkled paper panels. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; plain endbands.
Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: Contemporary marginal notations by Benedetto Giovio, mainly in the first 4 quires.

Provenance: 
Paolo Giovio, Bishop of Nocera (1483-1552), signature: "Pauli [Iovii] Epi Nuc." (front pastedown); Benedetto Giovio (1471-1544), brother of Paolo, inscription: "et Benedicti fratris cuius manu scriptae sunt notae in margine" (front pastedown); Count Giovanni Battista Giovio (1738-1814), inscription: "nunc Comitis Joannis Baptistae [Govii] 1775" (front pastedown), his descendants sold most of the library to Ulrico Hoepli in 1892; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from L.C. Harper, Dec. 1929.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Wooden boards (Binding)
Sprinkled papers (Binding)
Goatskin bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books