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Maffeus, Celsus
Pro facillima expugnatione Turcorum epistola.
Analysis of Content
a1r [Maffeus], Celsus: Pro facillima expugnatione Turcorum epistola [addressed to] Andreas Vendramin. Incipit: ‘[S]i de tua, serenissime princeps, summa humanitate singularique beneficentia . . .’ Explicit: plurimum commendamus atque tradimus See Perpolli, ‘L'Actio Panthea', 73-5.
Imprint
Imprint: [Venice: Bernard Maler (Pictor), Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, before 6 May 1478]. 4°.
Remarks: As dated by Hillard, from the death of Doge Vendramin; Sheppard dates [Nov. 1477?].
Collation
Collation: a8.
Types: Type: 109 R.
Leaves: 8 leaves.
Line number: 24 lines (a1v).
Type area: Type area: 130 ×85 mm (a1v).
Illustrations: Woodcut capital on a1r: see BMC V p. 243, capitals no. 3. Woodcut border on a1r: see BMC V p. 243, borders no. 3.
Remarks: Leaf a1r: [Border]. (Red): ‘Pro facillima Turcorum expugnatione epiſtola. | Sereniſſimo Principi & Excellentiſſimo Domi- | no. D. Andreȩ Vendramino . . .'; (black) l. 6: ‘[S]I de tua Sereniſſime princeps ſum- | ma humanitate: ſingulariqƺ bene- | ficentia . . .' a8r, l. 22: ‘ . . . noſtras | plurimum cōmendamus atq ƺ tradimus.’
References
ISTC: im00016000
Hain: HC 10444;
Goff: Goff M‑16;
Proctor: Pr 4374;
Others: Essling 256; Hillard 1274; Redgrave 13; Sander 4086; Sheppard 3536.
LCN: 14478035
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