Propertii Poetae Elegiographi Clarissimi Liber Primus[-Quartus] ad Tullum.; Ad Magnificum Minum Roscium Senatorem Bononiensem Philipp Beroaldi Bononiensis epistola; Ad Magnificum Minum Roscium Philippi beroaldi Bononiensis Co[m]mentarii in Propertium

Creator:

Propertius, Sextus.

Timespan:

1487

Date:

1487

Description:

Penn Libraries copy without rubrication.; Penn Libraries copy has ms. headline in brown ink on leaves a4r-s3r.; Purchased for the Penn Libraries in 1953.; Penn Libraries copy has dated monogram ("EHWM 1948") of E.H.W. (Edward Harry William) Meyerstein in pencil on front free endpaper and bibliographical note in his hand (signed: E.H.W.M.) in pencil on front pastedown.; Penn Libraries copy bound in full parchment with fore-edge flaps (each ca. 6 mm. in width); author's name ("PROPERTIVS") and title ("CARMINA") stamped in gold on spine; all edges stippled red.; Penn Libraries copy: some leaves at end of volume dampstained at head and tail.; Leaf size: 297 x 201 mm.

Identifier:

9932862833503681; iasi stDu i-u- tret (C) 1487 (R); (OCoLC)53342336; (OCoLC)ocm53342336; 3286283; (PU)3286283-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Meyerstein, Edward Harry William, 1889-1952 (former owner) (inscription)

Publisher:

[Bologna] : [Platone de' Benedetti for Benedetto Faelli], [1487]

Subject:

Elegiac poetry, Latin.; Elegiac poetry, Latin -- Early works to 1800.; Incunabula.

Resource Type:

Books

Physical Description:

104 unnumbered leaves (the first leaf blank); 31 cm (folio)

Personal Name:

Salius, Hieronymus.; Beroaldo, Filippo, 1453-1505.; Benedetti, Platone de', -1496, printer.; Faelli, Benedetto, -1523, publisher.

Corporate Name:

Incunable Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Geographic Subject:

Italy -- Bologna.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Propertius's Elegiae, edited by Filippo Beroaldo with his commentary, with emendations by Hieronymus Salius.; Signatures: a⁸ b-l⁶ m-n⁴ o-r⁶ s⁴ (leaf a1 blank); Imprint from colophon on leaf s3v, which reads: Co[m]mentarii in propertiu[m] a Philippo beroaldo editi Anno salutis. M.cccc.lxxxvi. impressi uero Bononiae anno. M.cccc.lxxxvii. in co[m]mune a Benedicto hectoris librario et Platone de benedictis impressore solertissimo cuiubus bononiensibus. Huic autem prouinciae ut emendate et diligenter imprimerentur prefuit Hieronymus Salius fauentinus litteraru[m] litteraroru[mque] studiosissimus. Finis.; Chancery folio, text surrounded by commentary. Leaf a5r: 58 lines of commentary; area of text: 231 x 145 mm. Initial spaces with guide letters; spaces for Greek words. Captions on leaves a2r and a4r printed in red. With signatures; without foliation or catchwords. Woodcut printer's device (73 x 39 mm.; white on black) of Platone de' Benedetti on leaf s4r: "The letters, 'PLA', refer to the printer's nickname, Plato. The hand raised in benediction is a play on his surname, Benedictus"--M. Harman, Printer's and publisher's devices in incunabula in the University of Illinois Library, no. 46. Register on leaf s4r.; Title from caption on leaf a4r.

Physical Location:

Folio Inc P-1017

Collection:

Incunable Collection (University of Pennsylvania)