Fasciculus temporum.

Accession number: 
PML 79065
Author: 
Rolevinck, Werner, 1425-1502.
Published: 
[Venice] : Erhard Ratdolt, 21 December 1481.
Description: 
[8], 1-64 leaves ; 33 x 23 cm. (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Notes: 

Title from incipit (leaf [2]/1r): Fasciculus temporum omnes antiquorum cronicas co[m]plectens incipit foeliciter.
Colophon (leaf [9]/8v): Fasciculus temporu[m] o[mn]es quasi antiquas choronicas mortaliu[m] usq[ue] ad hec tempora co[m]plectens felicit[er] explicit. Impressusq[ue] impensa [et] arte mira Erhardi rodolt de augusta. 1481 .12. calen[das] Jan[uarii].
Printed in type 6:76G.
Collation: [1⁸; 2-9⁸]: 72 leaves, leaf [1]/1 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Woodcuts.
Some copies have the first line of text (only) corrected to read 'temporum' and 'cōplectens for 'tempnrum' and 'amplectens' (BMC).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 32.5 x 21.5 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: [1]/1 (blank).

Binding: 
Later half vellum with gray paper sides over paper boards (33 x 23 cm.), sewn on 4 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves.
Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: Contemporary notations sporadically throughout text.

Provenance: 
Unidentified bookplate with monogram R.R. (Robert Redgrave?) and motto: "Otium sine literis mors est" (front pastedown); Ludwig Rosenthal (Munich); Curt F. Bühler (1905-1985), bookplate (front fly leaf recto), Inc. 3, purchased from Rosenthal, Aug. 1928; Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Vellum bindings (Binding)
Half bindings (Binding)
Paste papers (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books