Bod-Inc: P-412
Poggius Florentinus
Facetiae.
Analysis of Content
[a2r] Poggius Florentinus: Facetiae. Poggio Bracciolini, Facezie, ed. Pittaluga, 2-296 nos 1-4, 6, 8-44, 46-9, 81, 50-61, 63-5, 62, 66-7, 69, 68, 70, 74, 73, 75-80, 82-106, 108-13, 115-42, 144, 143, 145-8, 204, 149-73, 175-9, 184-7, 189-90, 192-6, 198-203, 255, 205-20; see also Sozzi 437 no. 10 and Hellinga 98 ‘Rome-Han’ independent.
[a6r] Poggius Florentinus(?): [Facetia.] Incipit: ‘[E]piscopum quendam super equo transeuntem quispiam reuerebatur . . .’ Explicit: non responderet Inserted between fable no. 4 and 6; not in Pittaluga.
Imprint
Imprint: [Rome: Successor to types of Ulrich Han, [c.1480]. 4°.
Remarks: Sheppard argues that this was printed by a successor to Han's types c.1480: ‘the type, which here appears worn, contains not only admixture of capitals from 125 G, but also wrong-fount d with rounded head-stroke and closed v not observed in Han's work'.
Collation
Collation: [a–h8 i k6].
Types: Type: 103 R.
Leaves: 76 leaves, the first blank.
Line number: 27 lines ([a2v]).
Type area: Type area: 137 ×79 mm ([a2v]).
Remarks: Capital spaces. Leaf [a2r]: ‘Facetie iocūdiſſime Pogii poete lau | reati ciuis Florētini ſecretarii apostolici | in cetu pro animi recreatione recitande. | ornatiſſime compoſite incipiunt. || [M]Vltos futuros eſſe arbitror qui | has noſtras cōfabulationes . . .'; [k6r]: ‘Facetie Pogii poete laureati | finiunt feliciter.’
References
ISTC: ip00859000
Goff: Goff P‑859;
Proctor: Pr 3368;
Others: Sheppard 2697.
LCN: 14015476
Copies
Copy number: P-412(1)
Binding: Nineteenth-century gold-tooled blue morocco, by Lewis, with gilt-edged leaves.
Size: 215 × 150 × 16 mm.
Size of leaf: 208 × 139 mm.
Early manuscript foliation: 1-50 only. A few marginal notes, mainly extracting key words, and ‘nota' marks, in a humanist hand.
Initials, some with reserved white decoration, and paragraph marks are supplied in red; capital strokes in red.
Provenance: C. Lewis (fl. before Aug. 1832?). Richard Heber (1773-1833); his note on a detached slip pasted onto front endleaf: ‘Bot at Evans's. C. Lewis. Aug. 1832 (7 hours) 2. 2. 0.'; see Catalogue, 6 (1835), lot 2820. Purchased for £5. 0. 0, according to Books Purchased (1835), 23.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q 5.58.
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