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mei/00560021 Inc.5.B.71.2[4428] [00560021]

Cambridge, University Library (GB) : Inc.5.B.71.2[4428]

ISTC Nr.if00099000
VerfasserFerettus, Nicolaus
TitelDe elegantia linguae latinae
ErscheinungsvermerkForlì : Hieronymus Medesanus, 25 May 1495
Format4°
Sprachelat
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ThemenbereichRhetoric
Stichwörterclassical studies
Zeitraumhumanist

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Exemplar Nr.00560021
Besitzende BibliothekCambridge, University Library (GB)
SammlungInc.2-7
SignaturInc.5.B.71.2[4428]
AnmerkungTitle from caption, partly in capitals, on leaf e4 verso.
Imprints from colophon on leaf e4 verso, which reads in full: Hoc opus est impressum Foriliuii per me Hieronymum Medesanum Parmensem : nouiterq[ue] p[er] ipsum Auctorem correptum aditum & emendatum. Anno domini .M.CCCCLXXXXV. die uero .xxv. Mai Regnante Illustrissimo Pri[n]cipi nostro domino Octauiano de Riario : ac Inclito domino Iacobo Pheo gubernatori dignissimo.
Temptatively attributed to Venice by Victor Scholderer in BM 15th cent., VII, lxxxviii.
Attributed to Johannes Tacuinus de Tridino in Venice: see Paolo Temeroli 1988, pp. 15-18.
Attributed to Matteo Capcasa (di Codeca) in Venice: see Giorgio Montecchi 1986, p. 199.
Caption at incipit, with name of author in capitals, on leaf a2 recto reads: Nicolai Feretti Raue[n]natis d[e] structura seu ordi[n]e & iu[n]ctura co[m]positionis ornatæ ad co[m]ponendas epistolas liber primus.
Second edition of the work, corrected, revised and augmented by the author.
Half-page woodcut illustrations of a Latin class on leaf [a1] recto and of Theseus fighting the Centaur Eurytus on leaf e4 verso.
Woodcut of Latin class previously published in: Nicolaus Perottus, Rudimenta grammatices. Venice : Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello, 29 March 1492 (Sander 5538; ISTC ip00326000); Johannes Baptista Cantalycius. Epigrammata. Venice : Matteo Capcasa (di Codeca), 20 January 1493/94 (Sander 1601, pl. 205; ISTC ic00103000)
Woodcut of Theseus fighting the Centaur Eurytus previously published in Plutarchus, Vitae illustrium virorum [Latin]. Venice : Giovanni Ragazzo, for Lucantonio Giunta, 7 December 1491 (Sander 5781; ISTC ip00833000)
Woodcut initials.
Signatures: a-d⁶ e⁴. First leaf [a1] unsigned.
Woodcut of Latin class, [a1]r; Nicolaus Ferettus. [Dedication poem addressed to] Octavianus Riarius, 6 distichs, [a1]r; Nicolaus Ferettus. [Dedication letter and prologue addressed to] Octavianus Riarius, [a1]v; Nicolaus Ferettus. De elegantia linguae latinae, Books 1-3, a2r-e4r; Nicolaus Ferettus. [Poem addressed to] the reader, e4r; Thomas Asti, bishop of Forlì. [Distich in praise of the author addressed to] the reader, e4r; Christophorus Bentius. [Poem praising the author and his work], 5 distichs, e4r; title, e4v; woodcut of Theseus and Eurytus, e4v; colophon, e4v.
BM 15th cent., VII, 1121
BSB-Ink, F-61
Goff, F99
GW, 9783
Hain, 6974*
Hain-Copinger, 6975
ISTC, if00099000
Oates (MS Addition), 2727.7
Sander, 2692
Giorgio Montecchi, "Autori ravennati ed editoria tra XV e XVI secolo", in Ravenna in età veneziana, ed. Dante Bolognesi, Ravenna, 1986, 191-206, p. 199
Paolo Temeroli, "Le prime due edizioni a stampa forlivesi (1495)", in La Bibliofilia, XC (1988), 1-19, p. 13-18.
[28] leaves :
Original item identifier in source database: 4998761

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OrtCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Regione-uk-en
ProvenienznameCambridge University Library [Körperschaft; Vorbesitzer] (Bibliothek, Keine Characterisierung / Laie)
noteBought of Davis & Orioli (Cat. 161/54) on 16 February 1959, for £ 250 [?] (priced noted in pencil on upper free endpaper) through the Wilson-Barkworth Fund, with armorial bookplate 'Liber emptus ex legato Arturi Bromby Wilson-Barkworth' on upper pastedown.
bindingNoteDecorated paper over pasteboards, Italy [?], late 19th or early 20th century.
msNoteMarginal manuscript notes in cursive hand, Italy, 16th century.
certaintya

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noteTitle from caption, partly in capitals, on leaf e4 verso.
Imprints from colophon on leaf e4 verso, which reads in full: Hoc opus est impressum Foriliuii per me Hieronymum Medesanum Parmensem : nouiterq[ue] p[er] ipsum Auctorem correptum aditum & emendatum. Anno domini .M.CCCCLXXXXV. die uero .xxv. Mai Regnante Illustrissimo Pri[n]cipi nostro domino Octauiano de Riario : ac Inclito domino Iacobo Pheo gubernatori dignissimo.
Temptatively attributed to Venice by Victor Scholderer in BM 15th cent., VII, lxxxviii.
Attributed to Johannes Tacuinus de Tridino in Venice: see Paolo Temeroli 1988, pp. 15-18.
Attributed to Matteo Capcasa (di Codeca) in Venice: see Giorgio Montecchi 1986, p. 199.
Caption at incipit, with name of author in capitals, on leaf a2 recto reads: Nicolai Feretti Raue[n]natis d[e] structura seu ordi[n]e & iu[n]ctura co[m]positionis ornatæ ad co[m]ponendas epistolas liber primus.
Second edition of the work, corrected, revised and augmented by the author.
Half-page woodcut illustrations of a Latin class on leaf [a1] recto and of Theseus fighting the Centaur Eurytus on leaf e4 verso.
Woodcut of Latin class previously published in: Nicolaus Perottus, Rudimenta grammatices. Venice : Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello, 29 March 1492 (Sander 5538; ISTC ip00326000); Johannes Baptista Cantalycius. Epigrammata. Venice : Matteo Capcasa (di Codeca), 20 January 1493/94 (Sander 1601, pl. 205; ISTC ic00103000)
Woodcut of Theseus fighting the Centaur Eurytus previously published in Plutarchus, Vitae illustrium virorum [Latin]. Venice : Giovanni Ragazzo, for Lucantonio Giunta, 7 December 1491 (Sander 5781; ISTC ip00833000)
Woodcut initials.
Signatures: a-d⁶ e⁴. First leaf [a1] unsigned.
Woodcut of Latin class, [a1]r; Nicolaus Ferettus. [Dedication poem addressed to] Octavianus Riarius, 6 distichs, [a1]r; Nicolaus Ferettus. [Dedication letter and prologue addressed to] Octavianus Riarius, [a1]v; Nicolaus Ferettus. De elegantia linguae latinae, Books 1-3, a2r-e4r; Nicolaus Ferettus. [Poem addressed to] the reader, e4r; Thomas Asti, bishop of Forlì. [Distich in praise of the author addressed to] the reader, e4r; Christophorus Bentius. [Poem praising the author and his work], 5 distichs, e4r; title, e4v; woodcut of Theseus and Eurytus, e4v; colophon, e4v.
BM 15th cent., VII, 1121
BSB-Ink, F-61
Goff, F99
GW, 9783
Hain, 6974*
Hain-Copinger, 6975
ISTC, if00099000
Oates (MS Addition), 2727.7
Sander, 2692
Giorgio Montecchi, "Autori ravennati ed editoria tra XV e XVI secolo", in Ravenna in età veneziana, ed. Dante Bolognesi, Ravenna, 1986, 191-206, p. 199
Paolo Temeroli, "Le prime due edizioni a stampa forlivesi (1495)", in La Bibliofilia, XC (1988), 1-19, p. 13-18.
[28] leaves :
Original item identifier in source database: 4998761

provenance

placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
areae-uk-en
ownerCambridge University Library (, )
noteBought of Davis & Orioli (Cat. 161/54) on 16 February 1959, for £ 250 [?] (priced noted in pencil on upper free endpaper) through the Wilson-Barkworth Fund, with armorial bookplate 'Liber emptus ex legato Arturi Bromby Wilson-Barkworth' on upper pastedown.
bindingNoteDecorated paper over pasteboards, Italy [?], late 19th or early 20th century.
msNoteMarginal manuscript notes in cursive hand, Italy, 16th century.
certaintya

otherInformation

Letzte Änderung2017-04-30 12:00:00