Bod-Inc: P-254
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: ‘[B]en chio fussi Francesco mio dalle faccende et familiari 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. Incipit: ‘[I]o vorrei Malatesta Nouello principe illustre che mi fussi concessa nel dire tanta faculta . . .’ See P‑253.
a5r Phalaris [pseudo-]: Epistole. Translated into Italian by Bartholomaeus Fontius. ‘Phalari ad Alcibo suo inimico'. Incipit: ‘[P]olicleto Messinese elquale tu accusi falsamente acittadini . . .’ See P‑253, without the last four letters (nos 64, 68, 72-3).
Imprint
Imprint: Florence: Francesco Bonaccorsi and Antonius Francisci, 17 May 1488. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a–g8.
References
ISTC: ip00568000
Hain: HCR 12904;
Goff: Goff P‑568;
BMC: BMC VI 671;
Proctor: Pr 6344;
Others: CIBN P‑299; Sheppard 5214. Microfiche: Unit 2: Classics in translation.
LCN: 14489936
Copies
Copy number: P-254(1)
Binding: Nineteenth-century blind-tooled calf; bound for the Bodleian Library; the gold stamp of the Library on both covers. Sprinkled red-edged leaves.
Size: 213 × 143 × 15 mm.
Size of leaf: 208 × 135 mm.
Provenance: ‘P. Pacinus | al molto honorando' on g8v, beneath the colophon, in a contemporary hand. Purchased for £0. 12. 6; see Books Purchased (1828), 21.
SHELFMARK: Auct. O 5.33.
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