Shelfmark
Gl.3.09
Author
Uniform title
[Epistolae]
Title
Francisci Philelfi Epistolarum liber primus..
Varying form of title
Francisci Philelfi Epistolarvm liber primvs
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Epistolarum liber primus
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Epistolarvm liber primvs
Publication, distribution, etc.
Impressi Venetiis : Studio & diligentia magistri Ioannis rubei expliciunt., anno a natali christiano. M.cccc.lxxxvii. Ianuarii.. [ie 28 Jan. 1488].
Physical description
[126] leaves ; 28 cm. (Fol.)
Note
Imprint from colophon (leaf u4r); this variant of the colophon is cited by Goff P585, Walsh, J.E., 15th cent. printed books 2210.
Note
Signatures: a-d⁸ e-t⁶ u⁴ (a1 blank).
Note
The text starts on leaf a2: 'Francisci Philelfi Epistolarum liber primus': this is the reading of the caption title given in Walsh, J.E., 15th cent. printed books 2211; followed by: 'Franciscus Philelfus Leonardo Iustiniano salutem plurimam dicit'.
Note
Line 7 of leaf a2r ends "tua cau": this is the reading of the caption title given in Walsh, J.E., 15th cent. printed books 2211.
Note
Line 1 on S1r has "Franciscus philelfus": this reading isn't mentioned in Rhodes, BMC or Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books.
Note
The last word on u3v is: "autẽ".
Note
Known with 2 variations of the colophon, one giving the date imperfectly as Jan. 1487 (Goff P585, Walsh, J.E., 15th cent. printed books 2210) and the other, presumably correctly, as 28 Jan. 1488 (Goff P586, Walsh, J.E., 15th cent. printed books 2211), among other differences (see BMC).
Note
Spaces left with guide letters for initials.
Note
Unpaginated.
Note
Register on leaf u4 recto.
Note
References: Goff P585/P586; Walsh, J.E., 15th cent. printed books 2210/2211; BMC V 416 (IB 23121/23127); HC 12937; HCR 12938 (var); Pell Ms 9415 (9241), 9416 (9242) (var); CIBN P-312; IGI 3887, 3888 (var); Polain(B) 4651 (var); Sajó-Soltész 2691; Hummel-Wilhelmi 516; Rhodes (Oxford Colleges) 1397; Pr 5121, 5123 (var).
Citation/references note
ISTC ip00585000.
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Provenance
Inscription on the front fly leaf 'A.G. Ferrers Howell July 13th 1892'.
Provenance
Marginal annotations by two different hands partially trimmed.
Binding
18th century half leather binding with red and blue marbled paper on boards; five raised bands on spine decorated with small tools and a green leather label for the title; endpapers of undecorated paper; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Incomplete copy: wanting A1 (blank). Our copy is the variant giving the date imperfectly as Jan. 1487.
Copy-specific note
Red and blue initials.
Copy-specific note
Previously DDl.3.02.
Subject
Latin letters Early works to 1800.
Subject
Letters Early works to 1800.
Subject
Correspondence Early works to 1800.
Subject
Scholars Correspondence Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Rosso, Giovanni, active 1480 - 1519 printer.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Howell, A. G. Ferrers (Alan George Ferrers), 1855 - 1928 former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B51673