Descriptive Information

Title

Leonardi Aretini De bello Italico adversus Gothos.

Call Number

40.1

Identifier

ark:/88435/fj2366427

Publisher

[Foligno : Emiliano Orfini and Johann Neumeister, 1470]

Language

Latin

Date Created

1470

Format

Book

Extent

[74] leaves (leaves [1], [74] blank) ; 27 cm. (fol.)

Provenance

Princeton copy 1 has inscription on recto of leaf [1]: Jacques le Chandelier, 1550.

Princeton copy 1 from the Crevenna collection, according to note by Michael Wodhull.

Princeton copy 1 has signature of Michael Wodhull, with his annotations.

Princeton copy 1 has bookplates of Paul Girardot de Préfond, William Horatio Crawford and Grenville Kane.

Princeton copy 2: Purchased 5 December 2003, Sotheby's NY, lot 518, post-sale.

References

Hain-Copinger, 1558.

Proctor, 5721.

Goff, B-1234.

GW, 5600.

BM 15th cent., VI, 599 (IB.25403).

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 2762.

ISTC (CD-ROM, 1998 ed.), ib01234000.

Rights Statement

No Known Copyright

Notes

Translated with abridgments from Procopius, De bello Gotico.

Colophon: Hunc libellum Emilianus de Vrsinis Eulginas & Iohannes Numeister theutunicus, eiusq[ue] sotii feliciter impresserunt. Fulginei in domo eiusde[m] Emiliani anno domini millesimoquadringe[n]tesimoseptuagesimo feliciter.

Princeton copy 1 imperfect: first blank leaf wanting.

Binding Note

Princeton copy 1 in red goatskin with floral borders profusely tooled in gold; inner dentelles tooled in gold; blue moiré silk endpapers; all edges gilt.

Discovery Information

Physical Characteristics

File Count

160

Institutional Information

Collection

In Principio: Europe's First Printers, 1450-1470

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/6d30437f-e4f0-4c31-8815-c8c63e20528d/manifest

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