Incomincia la vita di S. Giosafat
Contributors: Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836, inscriber; Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: [s.n.]
Place of publication: Italy?]
Language: ita
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Legends
Work titles: Barlaam and Joasaph. Italian
Notes: Title from caption, p. 3.

LC copy imperfect: wanting title page. Previously identified as the 1678 Messina edition, described as an 8vo; Sowerby (citing E. Kuhn, Barlaam und Joasaph, München, 1893, p. 64) has suggested the Venice/Bassano ca. 1600 edition, but it is described as having 78 p. Ms. notes in the piece also suggest the 1539 Venice edition, which is described as having 40 leaves.

LC copy's edition is not identified: may be a fragment of a larger work. Page 94 has caption: Orazione alla Santissima Vergine per la mattina" and the catchword (in italics): Atto.

Signatures: A¹⁶(-A1) B¹⁶ C¹⁶(-C16).

LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. With an inscription: Martha [Jefferson?].

Sowerby, E.M.  Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 1552

LC copy is Thomas Jefferson's.  With the Library of Congress's 1815 bookplate.