Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Breviarium Praedicatorum ...

Accession number
PML 1137
Published
Venetiis : Apud heredes Luccantonii Junte, 1552.
Credit line
Toovey collection,
Description
[410] leaves ; 36 cm (fol)
Notes
Collation: title, calendar, etc., 16 leaves (++8, +++8), text = 393 numbered leaves + 1 blank; full-page woodcut with border on verso of +++8, small cut and fine border on leaf 225r.
Printed in red and black with small woodcut initials, the last few le
Binding
16th-century Italian (Rome) red morocco, gold tooled with foliate and 3-dot ornaments, with the arms of Pope Pius V and "Pivs. V. P. M.", attributed to the Arabesque Binder. Gilt, gauffered, and painted edges. 4 clasps, missing, top and bottom edges repai
Provenance
Pope Pius V, armorial binding; James Toovey (1814-1893), through inheritance to his son: Charles J. Toovey (1848-1925), entire library purchased in 1899 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Classification
Century
Department