La hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo : cioè pugna d'amore in sogno, dou'egli mostra, che tutte le cose humane non sono altro che sogno, & doue narra molt'altre cose degne di cognitione.; Poliphili hypnerotomachia :

Creator:

Colonna, Francesco, -1527.

Timespan:

1545

Date:

1545

Description:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Perkins Books and Archives Fund.; Purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2011.; Penn Libraries copy has evidence of oval ex libris at foot of title leaf.; Penn Libraries copy has some ms. underlines and a few marginal notes in brown ink in text; leaves pi1-A8 each has ms. foliation ("1"-"198") in brown ink in head outer corner; modern ms. notes in French in pencil in tail margin of leaves n1r, n1v, n7v and n8r regarding error in imposition.; Penn Libraries copy without rubrication.; Penn Libraries copy bound in early 19th-century full blue straight-grained morocco; boards tooled in gold; 5 raised crimson, gold-tooled bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; brief title ("Hypnerotom Poliphili") stamped in gold on spine; gold-tooled cover edges and turn-ins; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt.; Penn Libraries copy has a few marginal ink blots; small portion of tail margin of leaf A3 torn off.

Identifier:

9949895243503681; næa, o-sa e.li gl&d (C) 1545 (R); (OCoLC)ocm58787527; (PUVoyagerBIBID)4989524; (PU)4989524-penndb-Voyager; (OCoLC)58787527

Language:

Italian

Publisher:

In Venetia : In Casa de' Figliuoli di Aldo, MDXXXXV [1545]

Relation:

Sogno di Polifili.; http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366332

Subject:

Classical antiquities -- Early works to 1800.; Dreams -- Early works to 1800.; Dreams.; Classical antiquities.; Allegories.; Allegories -- Early works to 1800.; Fiction.

Resource Type:

Books

Physical Description:

468 unnumbered pages : illustrations; 31 cm (folio)

Personal Name:

Feliciano, Felice, active 15th century.; Manuzio family, printer.; Eliseo, da Treviso, active 15th century.

Corporate Name:

Perkins Books and Archives Fund.

Geographic Subject:

Italy -- Venice.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printer's name from colophon on leaf F4r, which reads: In Vinegia, nell'anno M. D. XLV. In Casa de' Figliuoli di Aldo.; Italian text originally issued in 1499 with Latin title: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.; Latin half-title on leaf a1r.; The chapter initials are a Latin acrostic which provides the author's name: Poliam frater Franciscvs Colvmna peramavit. There are at least two possible candidates for Colonna; the work has also been attibuted to Eliseo da Treviso and (by Khomentovskaia) to Felice Feliciano. On the question of authorship and attibution see: A. Khomentovskaia, "Felice Feliciano da Verona," Bibliofilia 37 (1935), (1935), p. 154-73, 200-211 and 38 (1936), p. 20-47, 92-101; L. Donati, "Diciamo qualche cosa del Polifillo," Maso Finiguerra 3 (1938), p. 70-96; P.F. Brown, Venice and antiquity (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996), Appendix 1.; Signatures: pi⁴ a-i⁸ K⁸ l-y⁸ z¹⁰ A-E⁸ F⁴ (e1 signed "c"; s2 signed "S ii").; Initial spaces with guide letters.; Text of leaves n1v and n8r wrongly imposed in each other's places.; Without pagination.; Woodcut illustrations are those of the 1499 Aldine ed. with the exception of 8 which are copies; ornamental woodcut initials omitted. Woodcut printer's device on title leaf and leaf F4v.; Register on leaf F4r.

Physical Location:

PQ4619.C9 H9 1545

Collection:

Perkins Books and Archives Fund.