Francisci Petrarchae operum tomus primus [ -alter] cuius libros pagella sequens exhibet, unà cum indicibus locupletissimis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.

Contributor:

Le Preux, Esaiae, publisher.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Italian Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Selections. Latin. 1610

Language:

Latin

Penn Provenance:

Haney, John Louis, 1877-1960 (bookplate)

Thompson, Robert Ellis, 1844-1924 (inscription)

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 (inscription)

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 12 cm (12mo)

Other Title:

Francisci Petrarchae opervm tomus primus [ -alter] cuius libros pagella sequens exhibet, vnà cum indicibus locupletissimis.

Fingerprint:

iaa- s.in roi; &squ (C) 1610 (R) v.1

l-r- u-i- isi- DiC.C (3) 1610 (R) v.2

Place of Publication:

[Bernae] ; [Genevae] : Sumptibus Esaiae le Preux, 1610.

Contents:

t. 1. De remediis, 1610. De vita solitaria, 1605. De ocio religiosorum, 1604. De contemptu mundi, 1604

t. 2. Rerum memorandarum libri IV, 1604. Opuscula historica et philologica, 1604. De suiipsius et multorum ignorantia, 1609. De republica optime administranda, 1602.

Notes:

Title page vignettes: portrait of the author.

An edition, made by bringing together with a general title page works of Petrarch published by Le Preux.

The works are also separately published. The text is that of the Basel editions: "Opera quae extant omnia", 1554, 1581.

Woodcut initials; head- and tail pieces.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy bound in full vellum with blind-stamped border; title in ms. on spine; all edges of vol. 1 blue; all edges of vol. 2 red.

Culture Class Collection copy has the bookplate of John Louis Haney on front pastedown.

Culture Class Collection copy has ms. quotation from S.T. Coleridge about the importance of Petrarch's works in Latin, possibly in the handwriting of Robert Ellis Thompson, on recto of front free endpaper.

Culture Class Collection copy has ms. inscription on verso of front free endpaper, signed by John Louis Haney, which reads: "The quotation from Coleridge on verso of this page appears to be in the handwriting of Robert Ellis Thompson, who formerly owned this book."

Culture Class Collection copy has ms. vellum used as binder's waste.

Cited in:

Fowler, M. Petrarch, p. 4, Pet A 610

OCLC:

42259142