Co[m]mentarii a Philippo Beroaldo conditi in Asinum Aureum Lucii Apuleii
Subtitle: Mox in reliqua opuscula eiusdem annotationes imprimentur
Contributors: Beroaldo, Filippo, 1453-1505; Faelli, Benedetto, -1523, printer
Publisher: A Benedicto Hectoris ...
Published: 1500
Place of publication: Impressum hoc opus Bononiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 282
Work titles: Metamorphoses
Notes: Printer's device on final leaf.

Title from leaf a1.

Imprint information from colophon, leaf 280 verso.

Signatures: a⁴ A-Z⁶ & ⁶ [con]⁶ [rum]⁶ AA-XX⁶.

Commentary printed in a single column, surrounding the text; head lines and printed marginal notations; capital spaces with guide letters.

In his dedication on leaf [4] verso, the editor remarks: "I[m]pressor optimus operum dedit: ut uolumina com[m]entariorum circiter duo milia formis excussa diuulgarentur," but the contract for the printing, which dates from 22 May 1499, specifies only 1200 for sale with an additional 50 for private distribution -- Cf. A. Sorbelli, Storia della Stampa in Bologna, p. 61.

Although intended for this edition, a table, "Tabula Apulei" ([16] leaves) was printed later than the body of the book, although still in 1500 by Hectoris, and with a later state of the commentary type.

Hain, 1319

BMC, VI, p. 845

GW, 2305

Goff, A-938

Proctor, 6647

Panzer, v. 1, no. 272

Walters, p. 31

Stillwell, A-837

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 3249