[Commentum in Terentii Comoedias].

Accession number:

PML 295

Author:

Donatus, Aelius.

Published:

[Venice] : Vindelinus de Spira, [about 1472]

Description:

[163] leaves ; 33 x 23.5 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.

Notes:

Title from ISTC.
Colophon (leaf [20]/4v): Raphael zovenzonius tergestinus poeta / Vindelino spirensi suo sal[us]. Qui cupit obstrusam frugem gustasse Terenti / Donatum qu[a]erat noscere gra[m]maticu[m]. / Quem Vindelinus signis impressit abenis / Vir bonus: & claro preditus ingenio.
Printed in type 1:110R.
Collation: [1¹⁰ 2-4⁸ 5⁶; 6-8⁸ 9¹⁰ 10⁶(+1) 11¹⁰ 12-13⁸ 14¹⁰ 15-19⁸ 20⁶]: 163 leaves, leaves [1]/1 and [20]/5-6 blank.
Paper format: Median folio
Edited by Raphael Zovenzonius.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 32 x 22.4 cm.
PML copy missing 3 leaves: [1]/1 and [20]/5-6 (blanks).
Unclear in PML copy where the inserted leaf is located.

Binding:

19th-century black gilt-tooled goatskin over heavy paper boards (33 x 23.5 cm), sewn on 6 supports by Francis Bedford. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.

Variant Title:

Checklist title: Commentarius in Terentium

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubricated, white vine initial (leaf [1]/2r, same as PML 294), alternating red and blue initials, and red headlines. Annotations: A few marginal notations in two different hands.

Provenance:

Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864); James Toovey (1814-1893); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Goatskin bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books