Accession number
PML 1609
Creator
Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)
Published
Venetiis, In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, mense Ianuario M.D.XIX [January 1519]
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
With prefaces by F. Asulanus and A. P. Manutius.
"Orthographia ... dictionum graecarum omnium apud Statium" (by A. P. Manutius) has special title-page.
"Orthographia ... dictionum graecarum omnium apud Statium" (by A. P. Manutius) has special title-page.
Description
294, [2] leaves ; 17 cm (8vo)
Provenance
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517-1586), stamped armorial (leaf a1v) and binding, with panel title on fore-edge; unidentified inscription/motto: "Adversanie(?) fortuna" (front endleaf 1 verso); William Beckford (1760-1844), inherited by his daughter: Susan Euphemia Beckford Hamilton (1786-1859) and son-in-law Alexander Douglas Hamilton (1767-1852), 10th Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton Palace Library and Beckford Library sale: Sotheby's, part 3, 2 July 1883, lot 2204 to Nattali & Bond for £0.10.0; 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.
Binding
16th-century Venetian gilt-tooled olive morocco for Granvelle by the Fugger Binder, part of an order placed by Granvelle in 1547 through the Venetian bookseller Gabriele Giolito (see Bibliotheca Brookeriana, pt. 1). Gilt edges, with purplish-brown title panel.
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