Accession number
PML 62834.2
Creator
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Object title
Marci Tulli [sic] Ciceronis ad Quintum fratrem in libros De oratore praefatio.
Published
Venetiis : Magister Andreas Cathare[n]sis i[m]pressit fœliciter, ab Anno ... Millesimo.cccc.lxxviii. die .xx. Augusti. [20 August 1478]
Description
[84] leaves ; 30 cm. (fol.)
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1972.
Notes
Title from caption to the preface on leaf a2 recto.
Imprint from colophon on leaf ²l7 verso, which reads in full: Marci Tullii Ciceronis : quem patrem eloquentiæ merito appellauerim : Hoc de oratore opusculum Venetiis magister Andreas Cathare[n]sis i[m]pressit fœliciter. ab Anno salutis dominicæ .Millesimo.cccc.lxxviii. die .xx. Augusti.
Printed in Paltasichis's type 2:112R.
Signatures: a¹⁰ b-e⁸ f⁶ g⁸ h⁶ i⁸ l⁶ ²l⁸: 84 leaves, leaves a1 and ²l8 blank. Leaves i1-i2 unsigned; gathering k erroneously signed l.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Spaces left blank for initials.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.5 x 19.8 cm.
Imprint from colophon on leaf ²l7 verso, which reads in full: Marci Tullii Ciceronis : quem patrem eloquentiæ merito appellauerim : Hoc de oratore opusculum Venetiis magister Andreas Cathare[n]sis i[m]pressit fœliciter. ab Anno salutis dominicæ .Millesimo.cccc.lxxviii. die .xx. Augusti.
Printed in Paltasichis's type 2:112R.
Signatures: a¹⁰ b-e⁸ f⁶ g⁸ h⁶ i⁸ l⁶ ²l⁸: 84 leaves, leaves a1 and ²l8 blank. Leaves i1-i2 unsigned; gathering k erroneously signed l.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Spaces left blank for initials.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.5 x 19.8 cm.
Binding
Contemporary (French?) brocade cloth over wooden boards (30 x 20.5 cm.), sewn on 4 supports, bound for Budé. Plain vellum pastedowns; braided decorative endbands. Stamped brass bosses and two pairs of brass clasps and catches.
Variant title
Marci Tullii Ciceronis ad Quintum fratrem in libros De oratore praefatio
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Northeastern France, illuminated initial with Budé's armorial and foliate border (leaf a2r); rubricated with red and blue puzzle initials, red and blue paragraph marks, and yellow capital fill. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Contemporary drawings, pen trials, and inscriptions on pastedowns.
Provenance
Jean Budé (1425-1500/01), illuminated armorial (leaves a2r of Commentarii and a2r of Oratore) and inscription: "Hic liber est Johannis budei Regis consiliarii francieque audienciarii actus anno m cccc iiii xx vi quinta decembris. Bude" (leaf l7v of Oratore); Johann Gaisser, active at Sorbonne 1494-1502, inscription: "Pro magistro Johanne gaisser" (leaf a2r of Commentarii) and purchase inscription from librairie de Marnef: "Hic Liber est Johan gaisser [??] [??] parisius in signo pellicani [???] 1493" (leaf l7v of Oratore); Johannes Capek Vindelicus (of Vienna), signature, 16th century (leaf l8v of Oratore); Gumuachian et cie. (1929), cat. XII, no. 2 and (1931) cat. XIV, no. 46; Raphael Esmerian, monogram booklabel (front pastedown); his sale, Paris, 6 June 1972, lot 18; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased via J.F. Fleming as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, June 1972.
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