Shelfmark
Fe.3.03
Author
Uniform title
[Vitae pontificum]
Title
B. Platinae Cremonensis De vita & moribus summorum pontificum historia, : cui aliorum omniu[m], qui post Platinam uixerunt ad hæc usque tempora, pontificum res gestæ sunt additæ, nunquam antehac in uulgus datæ. Cum indice rerum ac pontificium. Eiusdem de falso & uero bono dialogi tres. Contra amores I. De uera nobilitate I. De optimo ciue II. Panegyricus in Bessarionem doctiss. patriarcham Constantin. Oratio ad Paulum. II. Pon. Max. Cum privilegio imp. Ad quadriennium..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: De vita et moribus summorum pontificum historia
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Cologne] : Ex officina Eucharij Ceruicorni, [impensa & aere M. Godefridi Hittorpij ciuis Colonien.], Anno 1529 [mense Ianuario].
Physical description
[12], 284, [100] p. ; 31 cm. (fol.)
Note
Includes the following minor works of Platina (from t.p.): De falso & uero bono dialogi tres; Contra amores I; De uera nobilitate I; De optimo ciue II; Panegyricus in Bessarionem doctis. patriarcham Constanstin[opolis]; Oratio ad Paulum II, pon. max.
Note
With printed marginalia.
Note
Woodcut head-pieces and initials.
Note
Place of publication supplied by BM STC German.
Note
Title-page within woodcut historiated architectural border.
Note
Based on the Venice edition of 1518 (cf. Grässe); Ad lectorem signed: 'Arn[oldus] Vesa[liensis].'
Note
Imprint and date of publication expanded from colophon on final leaf 2h8 recto.
Citation/references note
Adams, P1416
Provenance
Ms. initials on t.p.: "J L" within circle.
Provenance
Ms. inscription in ink on final verso in unidentified hand recording purchase from George's of Bristol, 1890.
Provenance
Late 20th-century bookplate of Eton College Library on front free-endpaper.
Binding
16th century Italian limp parchment case binding; remains of ties; yapp edges; five sewn bands; earlier parchment ms. (14th or 15th cent.) used as scrap for four spine bands; ms. spine title; ms. title "Plati. De vit. Ponti." on head-edge of text block; traces of later white paper cover; previous vellum spine-label; 19th century printed spine-label with number "423" within decorative border.
Copy-specific note
Previously: En.4.15
Copy-specific note
Curatorial inscription on front free-endpaper: "13 line initial on p. [2] by Dürer".
Subject
Papacy History Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Hittorp, Gottfried, 1490 - 1573 publisher.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Arnoldus, 1484 - 1534 Vesaliensis,
Added entry--place
Germany Cologne.
Identifier
B32147