[Nuremberg] : Impensis Antonij Koburger Nure[m]berge, imp[re]sse finiu[n]t xvj k[a]l[enda]s Octobris [16 Sept.] anno salutis Christiane [et] c[etera] Mcccclxxxi [1481]
Physical Description:
[492] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts Leaf Collection no. 0314 Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN 2007 +108: Woodcut bookplate: "Franciscus Godefridus Troilo in Lessot Sac. Caes:Mtis. Consiliarius." Ownership inscriptions: Principissa Piccolomini; Bibliotheca Slacovenensis scholaru[m] iaru[m]". Scattered annotations in contemporary hand; ms. note on final blank page cropped. Bound in blind-tooled vellum over boards; eight brass corner pieces with bosses; brass clasps; "Epistola Enee" stamped on front cover; remains of label on spine.Signatures: [ 1⁶ 2⁸ 3-39⁶ 40¹⁰] (1₁, 2₁r, 40₁₀v blank).Title and imprint from colophon: "Pij .ii. po[n]tificis maximi ... familiares ep[isto]le ad diuersos in q[us]druplici vite eius statu tra[n]smisse: impensis Antonij koburger Nure[m]berge imp[re]sse finiu[n]t .xvi. k[a]l[enda]s octobris. Anno salutis christiane [et] c[etera] .M.cccclxxxj."Caption, p. [3]: Numerus et ordo epistolarum in hoc opere contentarum.Caption, p. [14]: Preconizatio Enee siluij poete laureati.Initial six-leaf gathering with table of contents precedes main text.Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 151Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 2008Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 421 (IB. 7232)Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-717Incunabula short title catalogue, UKBYIP00717000-EGesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M33692BAC Leaf Collection no. 0314: Imperfect: Incipit leaf only, with large ornamental capital 'I' printed in green on a background of gold, silver, and pink. With manuscript marginalia, in a contemporary hand. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Pius II, Pope, 1405–1464 -- Correspondence. | Popes -- Correspondence. | Piccolomini, Princess -- Autograph. | Troilus á Lessoth, Franciscus Godefridus -- Bookplate. | Bibliotheca Slacovenensis -- Inscription. | Incunabula in Yale Library.