Ad illustrem magnanimumque Octauianum Vbaldinum Mercatelli principem Francisci Venturini in Rudimenta grammatices praefatio.
Venturini, Francesco, active 1482, author.; Butler, Charles, 1821-1910, former owner.; Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.; Miscomini, Antonio, active 1476-1494, printer.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.; Bartho, active 1498, former owner.; Collegium S. Petrus junior Argentinae, former owner.; Hopetoun Library, former owner.
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Title
Ad illustrem magnanimumque Octauianum Vbaldinum Mercatelli principem Francisci Venturini in Rudimenta grammatices praefatio.
Uniform title
Rudimenta grammatices
Created/published
Impressum est ... Florentiae : Per me Antonium Bartholomei Mischomini, anno Salutis 1482 Idibus Mais [15 May] hora decimaoctaua.
Description
[380] p. ; 30 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Venturini, Francesco, active 1482, author.
Butler, Charles, 1821-1910, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Miscomini, Antonio, active 1476-1494, printer.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Bartho, active 1498, former owner.
Collegium S. Petrus junior Argentinae, former owner.
Hopetoun Library, former owner.
Butler, Charles, 1821-1910, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Miscomini, Antonio, active 1476-1494, printer.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Bartho, active 1498, former owner.
Collegium S. Petrus junior Argentinae, former owner.
Hopetoun Library, former owner.
Note
Title from caption of prefatory letter (leaf *2r).
Imprint from colophon (leaf [con]6r).
Signatures: [*]², a-i⁸, l-y⁸, z⁶, &⁸, [con]⁶ (r3 unsigned).
Capital spaces, with guide letter on leaf [*]2r.
Includes register.
First letter of each paragraph is set out.
Imprint from colophon (leaf [con]6r).
Signatures: [*]², a-i⁸, l-y⁸, z⁶, &⁸, [con]⁶ (r3 unsigned).
Capital spaces, with guide letter on leaf [*]2r.
Includes register.
First letter of each paragraph is set out.
Cited/described in
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, V-123
BM 15th cent., VI, p. 637 (IB.27159)
Hain-Copinger-Reichling 15938
BM 15th cent., VI, p. 637 (IB.27159)
Hain-Copinger-Reichling 15938
Place of creation/publication
Italy -- Florence.
Item Details
Call number
INC V109
Folger-specific note
Folger copy: early manuscript notes in brown ink in margins in parts of the book; a few manuscript corrections in text. Early ownership inscription on verso of last leaf, defaced, illegible, superseded by another inscription "Hic liber est mei bartho" with date "1498 adj 29 de febraro", followed by notes in Latin and Italian about Julian and Gregorian calendar, one of them repeated inside of board on back cover; another early inscription inside of back cover "chart[a]e imposit[a]e septem"; early inscription on recto of first leaf in a different hand "[...?] p[er] se[r]monegare"; later ownership inscription on leaf [*]2r "Collegii S. Petri junioris Argentinae"; shelfmark on recto of 1st leaf "S2.31"; Hopetoun bookplate (no. 1244 in the Sotheby sale catalog of the Hopetoun library, Feb. 1889); booklabel of Charles Butler (no. 1178 in the Sotheby sale catalog of his library, April 1911); bookplate of W.T. Smedley; purchased in 1924. In a contemporary Italian quarter leather binding on wooden boards, with modern leather replacing the original; remains of 2 clasps catching on back cover; manuscript fragments used as spine reinforcement.