Accession number
PML 78960
Creator
Horace.
Object title
Horatij flacci Venusini. Poete lirici opera cu[m] quibusdam Annotat[i]o[n]ib[us] Imaginibusq[ue] pulcherrimis aptisq[ue] ad Odaru[m] conce[n]tus & sente[n]tias.
Published
Strasbourg : Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, 12 March 1498.
Description
[6], CCVII, [7] leaves : illustrations, device (woodcuts) ; 31 cm (fol.)
Credit line
Gift of William S. Glazier, 1984.
Notes
Collation: [1]⁶; A-V⁶; X-Z, AA-II⁶ KK-LL⁸; [35]⁶: 220 leaves, leaf LL8 blank; leaves [1]/2-3 signed "2-3," [35]/1-4 signed "1-4."
Edited by Jacobus Locher.
Imprints from colophon (leaf LL7v): "Elaboratum impressumq[ue] est hoc ... Horatij flacci Venusini lyrici Poete opus ... in celebri: libera: imperialiq[ue] vrbe Argentina. opera & i[m]pensis sedulis q[uo]q[ue] laborib[us] Prouidi viri Ioha[n]nis Reinhardi cognome[n]to Gürninger [sic] ciuis eiusde[m] vrbis arge[n]tinensis: q[ua]rto idus Marcij. absolutu[m] vero Anno domini M. cccc.xcviij."
Includes an abridged version of the commentaries of Pomponius Porphyrio, Pseudo-Acro, Cristoforo Landino and Antonio Mancinelli.
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29.7 x 21.5 cm
Printed foliation "I-CCVII" on leaves A1-LL7, with errors.
Printed in Grüninger's types 19:280G (title), 17:145G (title and headlines), 22:89R (text), 23:64bR (notes), and 4:52G (point letters).
Spaces left blank for initials, with printed guide letters.
Title from title page on leaf [1]/1r.
With the commentary by Nicolaus Perottus.
Woodcut illustrations throughout, including the 3-part block of an author seated at his desk on leaf [pi1] recto, repeated nine times in text with the blocks in various combinations, eight integral woodcuts, of which 3 repeated, and 147 illustrations assembled from combinations of 2-5 smaller blocks, many of which repeated.
Woodcut printer's device on leaf LL7.
Edited by Jacobus Locher.
Imprints from colophon (leaf LL7v): "Elaboratum impressumq[ue] est hoc ... Horatij flacci Venusini lyrici Poete opus ... in celebri: libera: imperialiq[ue] vrbe Argentina. opera & i[m]pensis sedulis q[uo]q[ue] laborib[us] Prouidi viri Ioha[n]nis Reinhardi cognome[n]to Gürninger [sic] ciuis eiusde[m] vrbis arge[n]tinensis: q[ua]rto idus Marcij. absolutu[m] vero Anno domini M. cccc.xcviij."
Includes an abridged version of the commentaries of Pomponius Porphyrio, Pseudo-Acro, Cristoforo Landino and Antonio Mancinelli.
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29.7 x 21.5 cm
Printed foliation "I-CCVII" on leaves A1-LL7, with errors.
Printed in Grüninger's types 19:280G (title), 17:145G (title and headlines), 22:89R (text), 23:64bR (notes), and 4:52G (point letters).
Spaces left blank for initials, with printed guide letters.
Title from title page on leaf [1]/1r.
With the commentary by Nicolaus Perottus.
Woodcut illustrations throughout, including the 3-part block of an author seated at his desk on leaf [pi1] recto, repeated nine times in text with the blocks in various combinations, eight integral woodcuts, of which 3 repeated, and 147 illustrations assembled from combinations of 2-5 smaller blocks, many of which repeated.
Woodcut printer's device on leaf LL7.
Binding
16th-century German blind-rolled calf over wooden boards (31 x 22 cm), probably bound in Strassburg. Gilt-tooled title, "Horacius cu[m] figuris" on top board. Plain paper pastedowns; decorative endbands. 2 clasps, clasps wanting; Y-shapged catch plates. Blind-tooled armorial of Placidus Hieber (1615-1678), Abbot of Lambach (added later to top board). Early modern manuscript paper title label on spine, with shelf mark 167.
Variant title
Horatii Flacci Venusini poetae lirici opera cum quibusdam annotationibus imaginibusque pulcherrimis aptisque ad odarum concentus et sententias
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubricated, red and blue lombards, paragraph marks, L-brackets, and underlining. Annotations: Some marginal annotations in several contemporary hands.
Provenance
Paulus C[?], inscription, 1535: "Paulus C[?] ex Argentina 1535. Reru[m] omn[ium] vicissitudo," (front pastedown); monogram, 1540: "T. R. P. 1540," (front pastedown) and purchase inscription: "Emptus Friburgi brisgoie [i.e. Freiburg im Breisgau] 8 batz 6 Aprilis Anni 1540," (rear pastedown); inscription, 1622: "16 + 22 Pars mea Deus A. S. V. I. D.," (front pastedown); Lambach (Austria), Benedictine abbey, armorial binding of Placidus Hieber; German stamp, unidentified (probably Austrian Bundesdenkmalamt, same as in PML 23621): "...bundes...," (front pastedown); William S. Glazier (1907-1962), booklabel (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan Library, gift of William S. Glazier, 1984.
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