Accession number
PML 1633
Creator
Terence.
Published
Venetiis : Apud Paulum Manutium Aldi F., M.D.LV [1555].
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Aldine device on title page.
Muret's commentary (35, [1] leaves, at end) has a special title page.
Muret's commentary (35, [1] leaves, at end) has a special title page.
Description
[16], 152, 35, [1] leaves ; 16.5 cm (8vo)
Provenance
Giovanni Diodati (1576-1649), inscription: "Ex Johannis Deodati Bibliotheca" (front endleaf 1 recto); unidentified armorial bookplate, arms with cow/bull (perhaps Luigi Bossi (1758-1835), leaf a1v); Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), purchased for £8.8.0 in 1834 (his note indicates this was Renouard's copy, but that copy was on large paper), armorial booklabel and shelfmark: C3 (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
16th-century French gold-tooled morocco over paper boards (16.5 x 11 cm), with inlaid central diamond-shaped panel gold-tooled.
Classification
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