C. Suetonii Tranquilli De uita XII Caesarum liber primus[-duodecimus].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122.

Contributor:

Printer of the 1480 Valla, printer.

Rosso, Giovanni, active 1480-1519, printer.

Incunable Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Early Venetian Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

De vita Caesarum

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Emperors--Rome--Biography--Early works to 1800.

Emperors.

Rome--History--Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D--Early works to 1800.

Rome.

Rome--History--Flavians, 69-96--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Incunabula.

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Krumbhaar, E. B. (Edward Bell), 1882-1966 (autograph)

Dunn, George, 1864-1912 (bookplate)

Physical Description:

110 unnumbered leaves (the first leaf blank) ; 29 cm (folio)

Other Title:

C. Svetonii Tranqvilli De vita XII Caesarvm liber primvs[-dvodecimvs]

C. Suetonii Tranquilli De vita XII Caesarum liber primus-duodecimus

De uita XII Caesarum liber primus[-duodecimus]

De vita XII Caesarvm liber primvs[-dvodecimvs]

De vita XII Caesarum liber primus-duodecimus

Fingerprint:

Nam. t.u- uius meQu (C) 1480 (R)

Place of Publication:

[Venice] : [Printer of the 1480 Valla (H 15809) (Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis?)], MCCCCLXXX [1480]

Notes:

Title from caption on leaf a2r.

Place of printing and printer's name from ISTC. "Also recorded as [Treviso: Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis]"--ISTC.

Imprint date from leaf p6v.

Chancery folio. Leaf a2v: 38 lines; area of text: 212 x 127 mm. Initial spaces; most with guide letters. "[A]lso spaces for Greek in and after quire g."--BM 15th cent. With signatures; without foliation or catchwords. Register on leaf p6v.

Signatures: a¹⁰ b-g⁸ h⁶ i⁸ k⁶ l⁸ m-p⁶ (leaf a1 blank).

Local Notes:

Leaf size: 281 x 198 mm.

Penn Libraries copy without rubrication.

Penn Libraries copy: a few initials, headlines and page numbers supplied by a reader in brown ink; modern ms. bibliographical notes in pencil on front free endpaper.

Penn Libraries copy has autograph ("Edward B Krumbhaar, M.D., Chstnut Hill, Pa.") of E.B. Krumbhaar in blue ink on front pastedown; bookplate ("FROM THE LIBRARY OF GEORGE DUNN OF WOOLLEY HALL NEAR MAIDENHEAD") of George Dunn affixed to front pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy bound in full parchment; ms. title ("Svetonius Histori") and imprint date ("1480") on spine.

Penn Libraries copy: leaves lightly wormed at beginning and end of volume; several wormholes in leaves throughout textblock; leaf a10 reinforced at inner margin.

Cited in:

Goff S-820

BM 15th cent. VII, p. 1137 (IB.21286a, IB.21286b)

GW M44225

BN cat. des incun. S-489

BSB-Ink. S-612

OCLC:

859034086