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Q. Horatii Flacci Poemata.

Accession number
PML 15439.1
Creator
Horace.
Published
Parisiis : Ex officina Michaëlis Vascosani, in uia quae est ad diuum Iacobum, sub Fontis insigni, M. D. X L V [1545].
Credit line
Pierpont Morgan,
Description
[4], 56, 14, 10, 38, 28 leaves ; 23 cm (4to)
Notes
Signatures: a⁴ A-G⁸; ²A⁸ B⁶; ³A⁴ B⁶; ⁴A-D⁸ E⁶; ⁵A-C⁸ D⁴
Each text has its own title page.
Binding
16th-century French gilt-tooled, strapwork and mosaic calf (brown calf inlaid with red, blue, and black), attributed to the Mansfeld binder (a binder who worked for Peter Ernst Count von Mansfeld (1517-1604), during his captivity at Vincennes, 1552-57). G
Variant title
Poemata
Provenance
Gul. Perleti, signature (front endleaf 1 recto); Jérôme Pichon (1812-1896), bookplate with motto: "Memor fui Dierum antiquorum PS.CXLII" (front pastedown), his sale, Paris, part I, 3 May 1897, lot 733; Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased from E. Rahi
Classification
Century
Department