Bod-Inc: P-253
Phalaris
Epistolae [Italian] Epistole (trans. Bartholomaeus Fontius, from the Latin version of Franciscus Griffolinus Aretinus).
Analysis of Content
[a1r] Fontius, Bartholomaeus: ‘Proemio' [addressed to] Francesco Baroncini. Incipit: ‘[P]erche io fusse Francesco mio da le faccende et familiare et domestiche . . .’
[a1v] [Griffolinus] Aretinus, Franciscus: ‘Proemio' [addressed to] Malatesta Novellus. Translated into Italian by Bartholomeus Fontius from the Latin version of Franciscus Griffolinus Aretinus; see Tudeer 118, 122-3. Incipit: ‘[I]o vorei Malatesta Nouello principe illustre che mi fussi concessa nel dire tanta faculta . . .’
[a5v] Phalaris [pseudo-]: Epistole. Translated into Italian by Bartholomaeus Fontius. ‘Phalari ad Alcibo suo inimico'. Incipit: ‘[P]olicleto Messinese, il quale tu accusi falsamente a citadini . . .’
Imprint
Imprint: [Padua: Laurentius Canozius, de Lendenaria], 1471. 4°.
Remarks: Pr assigns to [Florence: Printer of Mesue, ‘Opera' (H11107)]; Ridolfi reassigns to [Canozius at Padua].
Collation
Collation: [a–d10 e–g8].
References
ISTC: ip00566000
Hain: H *12903;
Goff: Goff P‑566;
BMC: BMC VI 616;
Proctor: Pr 7347;
Others: BSB‑Ink P‑410; CIBN P‑297; Hillard 1596; Ridolfi, Firenze, 29-48; Sheppard 5554. Microfiche: Unit 2: Classics in translation; Unit 8: Printing in Italy before 1472: Part II.
LCN: 14489848
Copies
Copy number: P-253(1)
Binding: Eighteenth-century gold-tooled calf; orange-edged leaves and marbled pastedowns.
Size: 208 × 155 × 17 mm.
Size of leaf: 202 × 150 mm.
On [a1r] a six-line initial ‘P' is supplied in gold within a square blue, red, and green ground which extends into the margin, decorated with white vine-stems and groups of three white dots; see Pächt and Alexander II, 110 no. pr. 64 (Veneto). On [a2r] an initial ‘P' is supplied instead of the correct ‘I'. Other initials are supplied in red or blue.
Provenance: Possibily purchased for £1. 11. 6; this price is in pencil on the front endleaf.
SHELFMARK: Auct. Q inf. 1.15.
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