Bod-Inc: P-537
Publicius, Jacobus
Ars oratoria, ars epistolandi et ars memorativa.
Analysis of Content
A1r [Summary of contents.] ‘Oratoriae artis epitoma . . . dicendi scribendique breues rationes . . . memoriae artis modus . . . Jacobi Publicii Florentini'.
A1r Publicius, Jacobus: Ars oratoria [dedicated to] Cyrillus Caesar. Incipit: ‘[S]i quis id operis diligens examinator inspiciat hoc mente secum facile cogitabit . . .’
E6r Publicius, Jacobus: Ars epistolandi. ‘Ars scribendi epistolas', [dedicated to Federicus de Aragona] Prince of Taranto. Incipit: ‘[N]on me fugit, illustrissime princeps, quantum et oneris et insolentiae . . . [E]pistolarum officium (ut maioribus nostris uisum est) dicitur quo absentes his . . .’
F5r Publicius, Jacobus: Panegyric [addressed] to Federicus [de Aragona], Prince of Taranto. Incipit: ‘[N]on nullos fore uereor, illustrissime princeps, qui honesto labori meo arrogantiae nomen temere inscribere non dubitabunt . . .’
F5v Publicius, Jacobus: Ars epistolandi. ‘Titulorum et laudum distinctio.’ Incipit: ‘[M]aiorum laudes praestantesque titulos et clarissima nomina . . .’
G3v Publicius, Jacobus: Ars memorativa. ‘Jacobi Publicii Florentini ars memoriae'. Incipit: ‘[H]aud ab re fore arbitror si praeter maiorum consuetudinem . . .’ The ‘ars memorativa' is divided into two, rather than three books, in this edition: see BMC.
H5v Circular or rectangular woodcut images; ‘tree of qualities' diagram (see BMC).
H8r Publicius, Jacobus: Ars memorativa. Incipit: ‘[C]um autem meminisse cupis, bis cursim lectitando textum percurres . . .’
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 31 Jan. 1485. 4°.
Collation
Collation: A–G8 H10.
Illustrations: Woodcut initials, images, and diagrams: see BMC, which notes the illustrations which appear in this edition but not that of 1482 (P‑536).
References
ISTC: ip01097000
Hain: HC 13546;
Goff: Goff P‑1097;
BMC: BMC V 289;
Proctor: Pr 4399;
Others: BSB‑Ink P‑869; Essling 293; Rhodes 1484; Redgrave 49; Sander 5983; Sheppard 3684-5.
LCN: 14062001
Copies
Copy number: P-537(1)
Binding: Nineteenth-century gold-tooled calf, with gilt-edged leaves and marbled pastedowns.
Size: 213 × 161 × 16 mm.
Size of leaf: 205 × 144 mm.
Provenance: Dimitrij Petrovich, Count Boutourlin (1763-1829); armorial bookplate and shelfmark no. 369, see Catalogue (1831); purchased at his sale for £1. 8. 0: see sale catalogue (1839), lot 915, and Books Purchased (1840), 25.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q 6.38.
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