Propertii Poetae Elegiographi Clarissimi Liber Primus[-Quartus] ad Tullum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Propertius, Sextus.

Contributor:

Beroaldo, Filippo, 1453-1505.

Salius, Hieronymus.

Benedetti, Platone de', -1496, printer.

Faelli, Benedetto, -1523, publisher.

Incunable Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Elegiae

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Elegiac poetry, Latin--Early works to 1800.

Elegiac poetry, Latin.

Genre:

Elegiac poetry, Latin.

Incunabula.

Penn Provenance:

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

Physical Description:

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

Other Title:

Caption on leaf a2r: Ad Magnificum Minum Roscium Senatorem Bononiensem Philipp Beroaldi Bononiensis epistola

Caption on leaf a4r: Ad Magnificum Minum Roscium Philippi beroaldi Bononiensis Co[m]mentarii in Propertium

Fingerprint:

iasi stDu i-u- tret (C) 1487 (R)

Place of Publication:

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

Notes:

Propertius's Elegiae, edited by Filippo Beroaldo with his commentary, with emendations by Hieronymus Salius.

Title from caption on leaf a4r.

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.

Signatures: a⁸ b-l⁶ m-n⁴ o-r⁶ s⁴ (leaf a1 blank)

Local Notes:

Leaf size: 297 x 201 mm.

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.

Cited in:

Goff P-1017

BM 15th cent. VI, p. 822 (IB.28863)

GW M35691

BN cat. des incun. P-631

BSB-Ink. P-804

ISTC ip01017000

OCLC:

53342336