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Ioannes Iovianvs Pontanvs De prvdentia.

Accession number
PML 129649.2
Creator
Pontano, Giovanni Gioviano, 1426-1503.
Published
Argentorati: in libraria officina Matthiȩ Schurerij, Mense Marcio MDXIII [1513].
Credit line
Purchased on the Curt F. Bühler Fund, 2005.
Notes
Printer's device on last leaf.
Colophon (leaf P8r): Argentorati excriptum in libraria officina Matthiȩ Schurerij, Mense Marcio. Anno a fȩlicitate humanȩ salutis M.D.XIII.
The Morgan Library copy missing the last leaf (P8) with colophon.
Description
[4], 83, [1] leaves ; 21 cm. (4to)
Provenance
Jacob Spiegel (1483-1547), of Sélestat (Bas-Rhin), printed armorial bookplate with poem, dated 1538, and inscription: "sum Ja. Spiegel Sletstadien;" Erasmus Schenk von Limburg (or Limpurg, 1507-1568), Bishop of Strasbourg (see bookseller's description); Saverne (Bas-Rhin), Franciscans, inscription: "Pro Franciscanis de observ. Sabernens," 17th century; Rastatt (Baden-Württemberg), Recollect Franciscans, inscription: "Pro conventu ff. [?] Recollector. Rastadiensium 1724;" Ignatius Franciscus Hauer, S.J., of Wertheim (Baden-Württemberg), inscription: "Parochus in Biel Ortenaviae(?) franc. Hauer Wth S.J.," 18th century; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased on the Curt F. Bühler Fund, 2005.
Binding
Half blind-tooled pigskin over beech boards, two clasps (missing).
Classification
Department