Opera Aurelii Cleme[n]tis Prude[n]tii.
Prudentius,348-
Paffraet, Richard,printer.
Ruddiman, Thomas,1674-1757,former owner.StEdNL
[Deventer : Richardus Pafraet,
between 21 June 1491 and 1493]
Imprint from ISTC.
Signatures: a-z⁶ [con]⁶ A-D⁶.
With a final blank leaf.
With marginal annotations in early hand.
Initials supplied in red, capitals and paragraph marks rubricated.
Tetrasticha; Apotheosis; Psychomachia; Harmartigenia; Peristephanon; Cathemerinon; Contra Symmachum. Rodulphus Langius: Carmen. Gennadius Massiliensis: Vita Prudentii.
BM 15th cent.,
Goff
GW
ISTC
Hillyard, B. Acquisitions of Incunables by the Advocates Library before 1808,
Pegg, M. A. Incunables in the National Library of Scotland: accessions 1946-1966,
Probably (see Hillyard) the copy sold, and bought by the Advocates Library, at the auction of Thomas Ruddiman's library, February 1758 (lot 1488 'edit. antiqua'; £0-2-0 noted in Signet Library copy).
18th-century with single gilt rolled fillet border on front and back boards, gilt tooled spine, gilt rolled board edges, speckled edges and marbled endpapers.
Latin poetry
Netherlands Deventer.