[Vita et transitus s. Hieronymi]
Contributors: Damasus I, Pope, 305-384; Petri, Gabriel, active 1472-1481, printer; Eusebius, of Cremona, Saint, -approximately 423; Cyril, Saint, Bishop of Jerusalem, approximately 315-386; Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430; Incunabula Collection (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library)
Published: 1476
Place of publication: Venice : Gabriele di Pietro, 12 Sept. 1476
Language: ita
Number of pages: 82
Subjects: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Comincia la tauola sopra la uitta e transito & gli miracoli li del beatissimo Hieronymo doctore excelentissimo; Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Notes: Printer's name from Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum; place and date of publication from colophon (k8 verso): Finita q[ue]sta op[er]a in uenexia a[nno] di 12 sete[m]brio 1476.

Caption title, a1r: "Comincia la epistola del beato Eusebio la qual mando al deato Damasio uescouo de portuense & a Teodonio Senatore di Roma del transito del beatissimo sancto Hieronymo confessore & doctore excelentissimo"; caption title, f1r: "Comincia la epistola del beato Augustino uescouo[m] d[i] Ipponense che lui ma[n]do al uenerabile Cirillo uescou d[i] Ierusalem de la magnificentie e laude del gloriosso Hieronymo."

Signatures: ́́œ a-ćı d-éœ f-ḱı.

Leaves f1 and f2 signed a, a2.

Chancery quarto; 33 lines per page; initial spaces, some with guide letters.

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum counts 84 leaves, with gathering b comprised of 10 leaves. Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke counts 82 leaves, with gathering b comprised of 8 leaves.

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, 202

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-249

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 9458

Incunabula short title catalogue, ih00249000

Cataloged 20170823 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in leaf of medieval Hebrew manuscript waste containing the text of the Talmud (76a, b and 77a, modern pagination). Spine labeled in early manuscript, with paper shelf label ("205") at head. Bookplate of the BPL Charlotte Harris Fund. Early Italian title inscription on front flyleaf recto: "Vita et epistole et miracoli del' Gloriossimo s. hieronimo descrite dal 'Beato eusebio suo discipulo." Imperfect: gathering ́́œ wanting. BPL embossed stamp on first three leaves. Early/contemporary foliation, from 1 to 76, in upper right margins. Text on c5 recto struck out in black ink. "CFF 18117.l" inscribed in modern purple ink on rear pastedown. Leaf dimensions: 192 x 139 mm. Purchased Feb. 1901.