Vitae pontificum.
Platina,1421-1481.
Squarciafico, Girolamo.
Koberger, Anton,approximately 1440-1513,printer.
[Nuremberg] : Accurate castigatu[m] ac impe[n]sa Antonij Koburger Nurenberge,
impressu[m] iij Idus Augusti consummatum Anno salutis [Christ]iane Mcccclxxxi. [11 Aug. 1481]
Biographies of popes from Peter to Paul II.
Title and imprint from ISTC.
Letter from Hieronimus Squarzaficus Alexandrinus to Platina on p. [2].
"Prohemium Platine in vitas pon[ti]ficu[m] ad Sixtum iiij pontificem maximu[m]": p. [3].
Colophon: Excellentissini [sic] historici Platine in vitas summorum pontificum ad Sixtum IIII pontificem maximum preclaru[m] opus feliciter explicit. Accurate castigatu[m] ac impe[n]sa Antonij Koburger Nurenberge impressu[m] iij Idus Augusti consummatum Anno salutis [Christ]iane Mcccclxxxi.
Signatures: [1¹⁰ 2-17⁶ 18⁸ 19⁶ 20⁸].
2 columns. 56 lines. Types: 160, headings; 82, text. Capital spaces.
Initials in red or blue. Rubricated.
With marginal annotations. Written twice on recto of leaf a1 and scored out both times: Non omnia possumus omnes. Also scored out is an inscription listing the first four Doctors of the Church and the writers of the Gospels: Gregorius Ierominus Augustinus ambrosius Matheus marchus Lucas Johannes.
BM 15th cent.,
Goff
Hain-Copinger
ISTC
BN cat. des incun.
Polain
IGI
BSB-Ink
Madsen
Ohly-Sack
Oates
Rhodes, Oxford Colleges,
Proctor
Lists of fifteenth century books in Edinburgh libraries,
Acquired by the Advocates Library sometime in the 19th century.
19th-century leather with gilt and blind rolled borders on front and back boards, gilt tooled spine with five raised bands, gilt rolled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges and marbled endpapers.
Jesus Christ
Popes
Germany Nuremberg.