Aurelii Augustini hipponeñ episcopi de ciuitate dei primi libri incipiunt rubrice
Publisher: Ulrich Han & Simon Nicolai Chardella
Published: 1474
Place of publication: Rome
Language: lat
Number of pages: 264
Work titles: De civitate Dei
Notes: Signatures: [a⁸, b⁶, c-d¹⁰, e-f⁸, g-z¹⁰, A-C¹⁰, D⁸, E⁶] ([a]1 & [c]1 blank).

Colophon: Presens Aurelii Augustini hipponeñ. ep̃i. de ciuitate dei precla[rum] opus: alma in urbe Roma totius mundi regina & dignissima imperatrice ... non attramento plumali calamo neq3 stilo ereo: sed artificiosa quadam adinuentione seu caracterizandi sic effigiatum ad dei laudem industrieq3 est consumatum. per Vdalricum Gallum almanũ & Symonẽ Nicolai de Luca. Anno domini .MCCCCLXXIIII. die uero .iiii. mensis februarii ...

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Hain-Copinger-Reichling, 2050.

Proctor, 3359.

Goff, A-1234.

GW, 2878.

BM 15th cent., IV, 24 (IC.17299).

ISTC (CD-ROM, 1997 ed.), ia01234000.

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 1310.

Eight line inscription in Latin on front pastedown. Inscription at top of [c]2r, "Nicola[us] pop canonic[us] [illegible] eccl[es]ie posonij ãno [14]76 [illegible] rome[?]. Inscription on rear pastedown, "[illegible] x libri 22".

Large initials on [c]2r and at beginning of books added in red, blue, and green; initials elsewhere added in red. Capital strokes added in red on leaf c2 only. Headline (book number) added in red on versos. In manuscript at head of leaf c2 "Salue". Scattered reading marks and keywords, some in red, throughout.

Clipping from bookseller's catalog with Richardson's manuscript annotation "Goldschmidt July '29" on front pastedown; entry no. 121; catalog unidentified.

Bound in contemporary blind-stamped leather over wooden boards (rebacked, old backstrip remounted); stamps include roundels of the four Evangelists; brass center and corner bosses on both covers (1 wanting from lower cover); brass clasp plates on back cover, latches on front, remains of leather thongs, clasps gone; quires [a] and [b] misbound at end; blank leaf [c]1 wanting. Paper labels on spine with partial title in manuscript, 17th century[?] over earlier[?] 16th century[?] labels. Paper label on spine with "A1" in manuscript.