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Genealogiae Ioannis Boccatii, cum demonstrationibus in formis arborum designatis ; eiusdem De montibus & syluis, de fontibus, lacubus & fluminibus : ac etiam de stagnis & paludibus, necnon & de maribus, seu diuersis maris nominibus.

Accession number
PML 357
Creator
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Object title

Genealogiae Ioannis Boccatii, cum demonstrationibus in formis arborum designatis ; eiusdem De montibus & syluis, de fontibus, lacubus & fluminibus : ac etiam de stagnis & paludibus, necnon & de maribus, seu diuersis maris nominibus.

Published

Venetiis : Ductu & expensis nobilis uiri D. Octauiani Scoti ... finis i[m]positus fuit huic operi per Bonetum Locatellum, M. CCCC. XCIIII. septimo Kalendas Martias [23 February 1494/95]

Description

162 leaves : [13] genealogical tables ; 32 x 21.5 cm. (folio)

Credit line
Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Notes
Title from half-title page (leaf a1r).
Imprint from colophon (leaf u10r): Venetiis ductu & expensis Nobilis viri .D. Octaviani Scoti cvis Modoetie[n]sis .M.CCCC.XCIIII. Septimo kalendas Martias finis i[m]positus fuit huic operi. per Bonetum Locatellum.
Printed in Locatellus's types 1:74G, 2:130G, 3:62G, 4:92G, 5:80R, 6:105R, 7:82G, 8:102G, and 10:57G.
Collation: a-t⁸ u¹⁰: 162 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery folio
De montibus printed in 2 columns; tables in 3.
Woodcut initials and spaces with guide-letters; Scotto's device on final leaf.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 32 x 21.5 cm.
Binding
Contemporary Italian limp vellum interim binding (32 x 21.5 cm.), sewn on 3 supports; repaired by Duprez Lahey.
Variant title
De montibus & syluis, de fontibus, lacubus & fluminibus
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Initials unrealized (where required). Annotations: Contemporary marginal notations throughout text.
Provenance
William Morris (1834-1896), Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, booklabel (front pastedown); Richard Bennett (1849-1930), armorial bookplate (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
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Department