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Qvinti Horatii Flacci Venvsini carminvm liber primvs ad Mecoenatem.

Accession number
PML 22551
Creator
Horace.
Object title

Qvinti Horatii Flacci Venvsini carminvm liber primvs ad Mecoenatem.

Published

[Milan] Philippi de Lauagnia, Anno a Natali Christiano .Mcccclxxvi. die .xvi. Februarii [16 February 1476].

Description

[126] leaves ; 28 x 18 cm. (quarto)

Credit line
Purchased in 1925.
Notes
Title from caption (leaf A2r).
Imprint from colophon (leaf Q7r): Hoc opus Horatii emendatissimum impressum est op[er]a & impensis Philippi de Lauagnia ciuis mediolanensis. Anno a Natali Christiano .Mcccclxxvi. die .xvi. Februarii. Amen.
Printed in Lavagnia's type 3:107/108R.
Signatures: A-G⁸H⁶I-Q⁸: 126 leaves, leaves A1 and Q8 blank. Printed signatures are well below the text block and have been trimmed away in many copies. Leaf A1 unsigned; A2 signed A, etc.
Paper format: Royal quarto
Spaces left for initials, with printed guide-letters.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 26.5 x 19.4 cm.
PML copy missing 2 leaves: A1 and Q8 (blanks).
Binding
19th-century Austrian half calf with marbled paper sides over paper boards (27.5 x 20.5 cm.), sewn on 4 supports. Marbled paper pastedowns and fly leaves with plain paper fly leaves; decorative endbands; sprinkled edges.
Variant title
Quinti Horatii Flacci Venusini carminum liber primus ad Mecoenatem
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
Franz I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835), stamps: crowned "FID.C" and crowned "F.I." in circle (leaf A2r); Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, shelf marks: 305-22 (stamped, front fly leaf verso), with a group of duplicates sold to L.C. Harper; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Harper, Feb. 1925.
Classification
Century
Department