Imprint details from colophon on [37]₉ recto: impressi Venetiis per Nicolaum Ienson Gallicum .M.CCCC.LXXII.

Edited by Giovanni Andrea Bussi--see letter addressed to Paulus II, Pont. Max. ([37]₉ recto-[37]₁₀ recto).

Signatures: [1¹² 2⁸ 3-8¹° 9¹² 10-15¹° 16⁸ 17-23¹° 24-27¹° 28⁶ 29-30¹° 31-35⁸ 36¹° 37¹²] ([1]₁, [37]₁₁, and [37]₁₂=blank; all leaves unsigned).

Royal folio; [3]₄ (i.e. fol. 24) recto: 50 lines, 284 x 161 mm; type: 115R; initial spaces, most with guide letters.

Incunabula short title catallogue

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.401.25 FOLIO: leaves [1]₁ and [37]₁₂ (both blank) wanting. Initial on [1]₄ illuminated, with border of flourishes in blue ink. Twelve- and thirteen-line initials rubricated throughout in blue ink with red flourishes or red ink with purple flourishes. Two-line initials rubricated in alternating red and blue. Foliated in pencil and in early ink in upper right margins. Leaf dimensions: 41 x 28 cm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.401.25 FOLIO: with autograph of "Michaelis d'Asquier", here conjectured to be Michel D'Asquier (1598-1664), at head of [1]₂ recto. Also at the head of [1]₂: "No 33" in early manuscript. Early marginalia on various leaves. Acquired in Jan. 1953.

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.401.25 FOLIO bound in modern vellum. Spine ruled and stamped in gilt.

plus-circle Add Review

comment

Reviews