Accession number
PML 125021
Creator
Quintilian.
Published
Parisiis : Ex officina Rob. Stephani Typographi Regii, M. D. XLII [1542]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1988-9.
Notes
Signatures: a-z⁸ A-Y⁸ (aii numbered Aii).
Includes index.
Printer's device (cut by Geoffrey Tory) on title page.
Colophon: Excudebat Rob. Stephanus Hebraicarum et Latinarum literarum typographus regius, Parisiis Ann. M. D. XLII. IIII. non. Mart.
Spaces with guide letters left for capitals.
Basically a reimpression of the Simon de Coline edition of 1541.
Numerous errors in pagination including the final page numbered 551 instead of 669.
Includes index.
Printer's device (cut by Geoffrey Tory) on title page.
Colophon: Excudebat Rob. Stephanus Hebraicarum et Latinarum literarum typographus regius, Parisiis Ann. M. D. XLII. IIII. non. Mart.
Spaces with guide letters left for capitals.
Basically a reimpression of the Simon de Coline edition of 1541.
Numerous errors in pagination including the final page numbered 551 instead of 669.
Description
551 (i.e. 669), [51] p. ; 25 cm.
Inscriptions/Markings
Unidentified markings (possibly numerical?) in upper corners of first flyleaf (verso) and title page. Inscribed on verso of lower flyleaf: "Bon" ; other inscriptions heavily obscured. Contemporary annotations in Latin and underscoring throughout first half of text.
Provenance
"Ex libris Nicolai À Porta Carnitei idem scribebat anno domini 1574" inscription on verso of first flyleaf. Inscriptions on recto of first flyleaf heavily obscured. "Mich[ae?]l Lang[?]" ; "[C?]ourant" inscriptions on verso of lower flyleaf, heavily obscured. From the library of the Ramey family (16th-cen. France).
Binding
Contemporary leather (calf?) over paperboards, blind and gold tooled; evidence of paper spine label; edges colored yellow.
Classification
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