Accession number
PML 1561-62, 128172
Creator
Pontano, Giovanni Gioviano, 1426-1503.
Published
Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, [1518-1519]
Credit line
PML 1561-62 (vols. 1 and 3): Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Vol. 1: a-z aa-ss⁸: 328 leaves, leaves 96 & 328 blank. Colophon dated "mense Junio M.D.XVIII."
Vol. 2: A-Z AA-QQ⁸ RR⁶: 318 leaves. Colophon dated "mense Aprili M.D.XIX."
Vol. 3: aaa-zzz AAA-RRR⁸: 320 leaves. Colophon dated "mense Septemb. M.X.XIX."
First edition of prose works.
Edited by Franciscus Asulanus.
Vol. 2: A-Z AA-QQ⁸ RR⁶: 318 leaves. Colophon dated "mense Aprili M.D.XIX."
Vol. 3: aaa-zzz AAA-RRR⁸: 320 leaves. Colophon dated "mense Septemb. M.X.XIX."
First edition of prose works.
Edited by Franciscus Asulanus.
Description
[4], 316, [1]; 318; 301, [18] (with mistakes) leaves ; 22 cm (4to)
Provenance
PML 1561-62 (vols. 1 and 3): Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), purchased in 1828 from Bohn for £5.5.0, armorial booklabel and shelfmark: B4 (front pastedown), entire library purchased in 1878 by: James Toovey (1814-1893), through inheritance to his son: Charles J. Toovey (1848-1925), Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown), entire library purchased in 1899 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Binding
All volumes in 16th-century Venetian gold-tooled morocco by the Mendoza Binder (Andrea di Lorenzo?) (see Hobson, Renaissance Book Collecting, App. 5, nos. 76-77). Gilt and gauffered edges.
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