Blondi Flauii Forliuie[n]sis historiaru[m] ab inclinatio[n]e Romanoru[m] imperii liber primus..
Biondo Flavio,1392-1463.
Campano, Giannantonio,Bishop,1429-1477.
Scotto, Ottaviano,-1498,printer.
Signet Library (Great Britain),former owner.StEdNL
Impressa[rum] Venetiis : [Per] Octauianu[m] Scotum Modoetie[n]sem,
anno salutis. M.CCCC.LXXXIII. XVII. kale[n]das augusti. [16 July 1483]
Title from opening line of text on recto of leaf a2.
Imprint from colophon.
Includes two verses and an epitaphium by Johannes Antonius Campanus (p. [742]).
The first leaf and last page are blank.
Colophon: Finis historia[rum] Blo[n]di quas morte praeue[n]tus no[n] co[m]pleuit cu[m] tame[n] i[n]terim Roma[m] i[n]stauratam tribus libris, Italia[m] illustrata[m] libris viii et Romam triu[m]pha[n]te[m] libris x absoluerit. Impressa[rum] Venetiis p[er] Octauianu[m] Scotum Modoetie[n]sem anno salutis MCCCCLXXXIII XVII Kale[n]das Augusti Ioa[n]ne Mocenico inclyto Venetia[rum] duce.
Signatures: a-l⁸ m-z¹⁰ A-C¹⁰ D-E⁸ F-M¹⁰ N-S⁸.
42 lines and headline. Printed marginalia. Haebler, type 6 (106 R). Capital spaces. Signature register on p. [743].
Quires a-g, k-o, r-v, A-D, F-N, part of O, P are printed with 106Ra, the remainder with 106Rb--BM 15th cent.
Initials supplied in blue with red and gold additions, the red often forming a partial border. Partly rubricated.
ISTC
Goff
Hain-Copinger
BM 15th cent.,
BN cat. des incun.,
BSB-Ink,
Bodleian Lib. 15th cent.,
Rhodes, Oxford Colleges
Harper's cat.
Polain
IDL
IGI,
Oates,
GW,
Proctor,
Pellechet,
Lists of fifteenth century books in Edinburgh libraries,
Pegg, M. A. Incunables in the National Library of Scotland: accessions 1946-1966,
Flavius Blondus. Historiarum ab inclinatione Romanorum imperii decades, a2r-S7r; colophon, S7r; Johannes Antonius Campanus. [Verse dedicated to] Blondus, 2 elegiac distichs, S7v; Johannes Antonius Campanus. [Verse dedicated to] Pius II, Pont. Max, 3 elegiac distichs, S7v; Johannes Antonius Campanus. [Flavii Blondi] Epitaphium, 3 elegiac distichs, S7v; printer's register, S8r.
Defaced early inscription on recto of initial blank leaf. Bought by the Library from the Signet Library in 1959. Signet Library shelfmarks on label on front pastedown: V:z:36 scored out and replaced with 120:f:7.
18th-century leather with gilt rolled border and gilt stamped arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet on front and back boards, gilt tooled spine with six raised bands, gilt rolled board edges, gilt edges and marbled endpapers.
Italy Venice.