[Opera]
Contributors: Calcondila, Demetrio, 1423-1511, editor; Nerli, Bernardo, printer; Demetrius, of Crete, active 1476-1488, printer; Nerli, Nerio, printer; Lewis, Charles, 1786-1836, binder; Drury, Henry, 1778-1841, former owner; Newcastle, Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham Clinton, Duke of, 1785-1851, former owner; Oxford, Edward Harley, Earl of, 1689-1741, former owner; Maggs Bros
Publisher: Bernardus Nerlius, Nerius Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas
Published: 1488
Place of publication: Florence
Language: grc
Number of pages: 440
Other titles: Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Work titles: Opera
Notes: Title devised by cataloger; imprint from ISTC.

Dedicatory letter dated 13 Jan. 1488/89.

Edited by Demetrios Chalkokondyles.

Signatures: A-D́ı E℗£́ʻ, ℗øA-Źı ET́ı [con]́ı [rum]́ı; 2A-2Źı, ETET́œ (E10, ETET6=blank).

Median folio; initial spaces without guide letters; A4 recto: 39 lines.

Access to physical copy/copies by appointment only. Please contact Boston Public Library Rare Books and Manuscripts Department for further information.

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, vi, 678

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H300

Incunabula short title catalogue, ih00300000

Cataloged 20180412 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.402.38 FOLIO bound into two volumes by Charles Lewis. Red goatskin paneled and tooled in gilt with the gilt arms of the Duke of Newcastle on all covers. Spines paneled and tooled in gilt. All text block edges gilt. BPL bookplates of the Josiah Benton Fund. Ownership inscription of Henry Drury, with provenance note dated 1817 on front flyleaf of vol. 1. From the Harleian Library; possibly lot no. 909 in vol. 3 of the catalog. A1 repaired and tipped onto a stub. ETET6 (blank) wanting. Early/contemporary Greek letters in manuscript in upper margins to denote books (mostly trimmed away in v.1). Leaf dimensions: 316 x 217 mm. Purchased from Maggs in April, 1938.