Accession number
PML 125328
Creator
Platina, 1421-1481.
Published
[Venetis, Impressum a Philippo Pincio, 1504]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1988-9.
Notes
Title vignette of Platina writing his book; initials and some initial spaces with guide letters.
Description
cxlv l. ; 33 cm (fol.)
Inscriptions/Markings
"M[agist]ri Anne du bourg conseill[e]r a la court de parlement de paris et [?] [neveu] de messire Antoine du bourg chancell[i]er de france fut brusle co[mm]e heretique en la place de greve le [23]e jo[ur] de decembre 1559 ung samedy sur veille de noel cestoit lung des plus doctes de la court de [parle?]ment en droit civil et aul[t?]" inscription inside lower cover. Contemporary annotations throughout.
Provenance
"Pouelles" inscription on title page. "A D [S?]evyn C.d.P. et P[?] en la chancellerie de Fra[n]ce" inscription inside upper cover. From the library of the Ramey family (16th-cent. France).
Binding
Contemporary blind-tooled goatskin over paperboards; printed waste visible at lower board; manuscript on fore-edge (author's name); evidence of paper spine label and ties at head, tail, and fore-edge.
Classification
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