Laurentii Vallensis viri clarissimi et de lingua Latina bene merentis ad Ioannem Tortellium Aretinum: cui opus elegantiarum linguae Latinae dedicat epistola..
Valla, Lorenzo,1406-1457.
Tortelli, Giovanni,approximately 1400-1466.
Jenson, Nicolas,approximately 1420-1480,printer.
[Venetiis] : Per me M. Nicolaum Ienson Venetiis opus feliciter impressum est.,
M. CCCC. LXXI. [1471]
Caption title.
Imprint from colophon (leaf 192 verso).
Giovanni Tortelli is also named in the colophon.
No pagination, signatures or catchwords; capital spaces without guide letters; 39 lines to a full page.
The recto of the 1st leaf is blank.
Includes index on [9] leaf at end.
Some initials supplied in black.
With marginal annotations.
BMC
CIBN
Goff
HCR
IBE
IDL
IGI
ISTC
Oates
Pell
Proctor
Rhodes (Oxford Colleges)
Sheppard
Lists of fifteenth century books in Edinburgh libraries,
Acquired by the Advocates Library sometime in the 19th century.
18th-century red morocco with triple fillet gilt rolled border with gilt stamped flowers in corners on front and back boards, gilt tooled spine with six raised bands, double fillet gilt rolled board edges, gilt rolled turn-ins, gilt edges and marbled endpapers.
Latin language
Italy Venice.