Accession number
PML 23205
Creator
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536.
Published
Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, mense Sept. MDVIII. [September 1508].
Credit line
Purchased in 1925.
Notes
Title from title page, leaf A1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf rr9v.
Woodcut printer's anchor device A2 on leaves A1r and rr9v.
Two sets of printed foliation with mistakes: see Ahmanson-Murphy, 98.
Spaces left blank for initials, mostly with printed guide letter.
Signatures: A⁶ B⁸ [chi]⁶ ²[chi]⁶ a-z⁶ & ⁶ aa-qq⁶ rr¹⁰. Leaf B4 signed "A4"; last leaf rr10 blank.
Imprint from colophon, leaf rr9v.
Woodcut printer's anchor device A2 on leaves A1r and rr9v.
Two sets of printed foliation with mistakes: see Ahmanson-Murphy, 98.
Spaces left blank for initials, mostly with printed guide letter.
Signatures: A⁶ B⁸ [chi]⁶ ²[chi]⁶ a-z⁶ & ⁶ aa-qq⁶ rr¹⁰. Leaf B4 signed "A4"; last leaf rr10 blank.
Description
[14], 12, 249, [1] leaves : Device (woodcuts); 278 x 195 mm. (fol.)
Provenance
Willibald Pirckheimer (1470-1530), engraved portrait (by Albrecht Dürer, 1524, front endleaf 6 verso -- although perhaps added later as the worm holes do not correspond with end leaves or text block), through inheritance to Hans Hieronymus Imhoff (d. 1663); Thomas Howard (1585-1646), 14th earl of Arundel, purchased Pirckheimer's library from Imhoff, 1636, the library passed through inheritance to his grandson: Henry Howard (1628-1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, inscription: "Bibliothecae Norfolcianae No. 2910" (front endleaf 6 verso), in 1667 Howard donated the Norfolk Library to: Royal Society, London, stamp: "Soc. Reg. Lond ex dono Henr. Howard Norfolciensis" (leaf A1r) and shelf marks; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from E.Ph. Goldschmidt, Dec. 1925.
Binding
Modern white calf, rebound by Deborah Evetts; previous boards and endleaves in box with book.
Classification
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