Accession number
PML 79159
Creator
Giovanni, da Legnano, d. 1383.
Object title
Opusculu[m] [et] tractatus de amicitia elegans [et] vtilissimum per .d. Io. de Lignano. I.U. Interprete[m] celeberimum.
Published
Impressa in inclita [et] regia ciuitate Bonon[iae] : per ac curatissimum impressorem Ugoem de Rugerijs, .Mcccclxxxxij. die vero .ix. Madij [9 May 1492].
Description
[18] leaves ; 41 cm (fol.)
Credit line
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Notes
Title from incipit caption, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf c5v: Impressa in inclita [et] regia ciuitate Bonon[iae] per ac curatissimum impressorem Ugoem de Rugerijs sub diuo ac illustri principe [et] domino .d. Ioanne s[ecund]o Bentiuolo Sfortia vicecomite de Aragonia armoru[m] ducali gubernatore generali dignissimo. Anno salutis christiane .Mcccclxxxxij. die vero .ix. Madij. Finis. [Printer's mark]
Printed in Rugerius's types 8:90G and 9:180G.
Signatures: a-c⁶: 18 leaves, leaf c6 blank.
Paper format: Royal folio.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 40 x 28 cm.
Imprint from colophon, leaf c5v: Impressa in inclita [et] regia ciuitate Bonon[iae] per ac curatissimum impressorem Ugoem de Rugerijs sub diuo ac illustri principe [et] domino .d. Ioanne s[ecund]o Bentiuolo Sfortia vicecomite de Aragonia armoru[m] ducali gubernatore generali dignissimo. Anno salutis christiane .Mcccclxxxxij. die vero .ix. Madij. Finis. [Printer's mark]
Printed in Rugerius's types 8:90G and 9:180G.
Signatures: a-c⁶: 18 leaves, leaf c6 blank.
Paper format: Royal folio.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 40 x 28 cm.
Binding
20th-century yellow glazed paper over paper boards (41 x 29.5 cm), sewn on 2 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves.
Variant title
Opusculum et tractatus de amicitia elegans et utilissimum
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
Curt F. Bühler (1905-1985), Inc. 97, purchased from Sandbergs Bokhandel (Stockholm), 8 Dec. 1967, bequeathed to: Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
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