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Catonis disticha moralia / cum scholiis Des. Erasmi Rot.

Accession number
PML 47566.1
Uniform title
Catonis disticha.
Published
Lvgdvni : apud Seb. Gryphivm, 1533.
Description
[64] leaves ; 17 cm (8vo)
Notes
Text in Latin and Greek.
Signatures: a-h⁸.
Binding
16th-century Lyonnaise blind- and gilt-tooled brown calf, with silver-tooled arms of Le Court in 2 concentric circles (typical Lyonnaise); rebacked with pastedowns and endleaves renewed.
Inscriptions/Markings
Multiple inscriptions, visible but not legible under UV (title page). Unidentified inscription: "satie graciae agoereu[m] poutier iurus" (rear leaf verso).
Provenance
Benoît le Court (d. 1559), armorial binding; L.T. Simon D.T., oval stamp (title page); Ve[??]mo, blue ink signature or oval stamp (title page verso); unidentified shelf mark(?): "XI." in cartouche (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased fro
Classification
Century
Department