Cornelii Vitellii Corythii In defensionem Plinii & Domitii Calderini contra Georgium Merulam Alexandrinum ad Hermolaum Barbarum omniu[m] disciplinarum scientia praeditum epistola.
Vitelli, Cornelio, active approximately 1490, author.; Hoskier, H. C. (Herman Charles), 1864-1938, former owner.; Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.; Torti, Battista, active 1481-1536, printer.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
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Title
Cornelii Vitellii Corythii In defensionem Plinii & Domitii Calderini contra Georgium Merulam Alexandrinum ad Hermolaum Barbarum omniu[m] disciplinarum scientia praeditum epistola.
Uniform title
In defensionem Plinii et Domitii Calderini contra Georgium Merulam ad Hermolaum Barbarum epistola
Created/published
[Venice] : [Battista Torti], [1481 or 1482]
Description
[100] p. (the first [2] p. blank) ; 20 cm (4to)
Associated name
Vitelli, Cornelio, active approximately 1490, author.
Hoskier, H. C. (Herman Charles), 1864-1938, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Torti, Battista, active 1481-1536, printer.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Hoskier, H. C. (Herman Charles), 1864-1938, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Torti, Battista, active 1481-1536, printer.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Note
Title from incipit (leaf a2r).
Imprint from Goff; for date of publication, see BM 15th cent.
Signatures: a-e⁸, f¹⁰.
Capital spaces.
Errata: leaf f10r.
Imprint from Goff; for date of publication, see BM 15th cent.
Signatures: a-e⁸, f¹⁰.
Capital spaces.
Errata: leaf f10r.
Cited/described in
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, V-305
BM 15th cent., V, p. 321 (IA.21342)
Hain 4243; Copinger-Reichling 6267
BM 15th cent., V, p. 321 (IA.21342)
Hain 4243; Copinger-Reichling 6267
Genre/form
Manicules.
Place of creation/publication
Italy -- Venice.
Item Details
Call number
INC V274
Folger-specific note
Folger copy: first leaf, blank, lacking. Manuscript finding note on leaf f1r, manicule in red ink on leaf b2r. Ownership inscription "H. C. Hoskier" on front free endpaper, with his date "Dec. 1902", his note of provenance "L. Rosenthal [?] 45", and his bibliographic notes (no. 82 in the Sotheby sale catalog of his library, June 1908); bookplate of W.T. Smedley; purchased in 1924. In a later brown suede binding.