Cambridge, University Library (GB)
: Inc.5.B.71.1[4344]
N° ISTCif00098000
AuteurFerettus, Nicolaus
TitreDe elegantia linguae latinae
Adresse bibliographiqueForlì : Paulus Guarinus and Johannes Jacobus de Benedictis, 16 Apr. 1495
Format4°
Languelat
SujetRhetoric
Mots clésclassical studies
Périodehumanist
Description de l’exemplaire
ID de l’exemplaire00560020
Institution de conservationCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionInc.2-7
CoteInc.5.B.71.1[4344]
NoteTitle from title page on leaf [a1] recto.
Imprints from colophon on leaf e6 recto, which reads in full: Opera & impe[n]sa Pauli guarini de guarinis Foroliuie[n]sis & Ioa[n]nis Iacobi de Benedictis Bononiensis Impressoris : & socii : hoc opus est Impressum Forliuii : emendatum uero per ipsum auctorem : ut apparet in eiusdem epistola : in fine secundi libri : Anno fidei christiane̜ M.CCCC.LXXXXV. xvi Kale[n]das Maii.
Caption at incipit on leaf a3 recto reads: Nicolai feretti Rauennatis de structura seu ordine & iunctura compositionis ornate̜ ad componendas epistolas liber primus.
In the Cambridge copy leaves 1 and 2 have the settings described by Hain 6973*: see BM 15th cent., VII, 1120, and Oates 2727.5.
Woodcut device of Paulus Guarinus and Johannes Jacobus de Benedictis on leaf e6 verso.
Spaces left blank for initials, with printed guide letters.
Signatures: a-e⁶. First leaf [a1] unsigned.
Title page, [a1]r; Nicolaus Ferettus. [Dedication letter and poem addressed to] Octavianus Riarius, a2r; Nicolaus Ferettus. [Prologue dedicated to] Octavianus Riarius, a2v; Nicolaus Ferettus. De elegantia linguae latinae, Books 1-3, a3r-e5v; Nicolaus Ferettus. [Poem addressed to] the reader, e6r; Thomas Asti, bishop of Forlì. [Distich in praise of the author addressed to] the reader, e6r; Christophorus Bentius. [Poem praising the author and his work], 5 distichs, e6r; colophon, e6r; printers's register, e6r; printers's device, e6v.
BM 15th cent., VII, 1120
BSB-Ink, F-60
Goff, F98
GW, 9782
Hain-Copinger, 6973*
ISTC, if00098000
Oates, 2727.5
[30] leaves ;
Original item identifier in source database: 4997772
Provenance
LieuCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Aire géographiquee-uk-en
NoteBought of Maggs Brothers on 27 November 1950 through the Wilson-Barkworth Fund, with armorial bookplate 'Liber emptus ex legato Arturi Bromby Wilson-Barkworth' on upper pastedown.
Description de la reliureGilt-tooled green morocco over pasteboards, bookblock edges gilt, England, 20th century.
Niveau de certitudeCette provenance est considérée comme certaine
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