Los V libros de Seneca
Contributors: Cartagena, Alonso de, 1385?-1456, translator; Hagenbach, Peter, -1502, printer; Alvez de Osorio, Pedro, Marquez de, former owner
Publisher: [heirs of Peter Hagenbach]
Published: 1510
Place of publication: Imprimidas enla emperial ciudad de Toledo
Language: spa
Work titles: Works
Notes: Final leaf (ṕ) blank.

Place of imprint and date from colophon; name of printer Cf. Norton.

Translated by Alonso de Cartagena Cf. Norton.

Peter Hagenbach is believed to have died in 1502. Between that year and 1512, the work of his press was carried on by an anonymous printer who issued over 40 titles, of which this is one, Cf. F.J. Norton, Printing in Spain 1501-1520.

Signatures: a-ṕœ

Woodcut title page illustration; initial.

Hispanic Society.  Printed books, 1468-1700, 512

BL Spanish, pre-1601 (2nd ed.), 179

Lyell, J.P.R.  Early book illustration in Spain

Norton, F.J.  Spain and Portugal, 1057

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early polished calfskin triple-panelled in blind with floral tooled borders. The armorial super-ex-libris of Pedro Alvarez de Osorio, Marquez de Astorga, is present at the center of both covers. The spine has been rebacked, in an old repair, and is neither labeled nor tooled. A circular, purple ink stamp is present on the front pastedown, though the lettering of the stamp remains illegible. An early inscription -- possibly three initials -- dated 1570 is present at the head of the title page. A dealer's description is tipped onto the rear pastedown.
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