Accession number
PML 77107
Creator
Terence.
Object title
Vulgaria therentii in theutonicam linguam traducta.
Published
Daventrie impressa : [Richardus Pafraet], Anno domini .M.cccc.lxxxix. Vicesimaquarta Novembris [4 November 1489].
Description
[24] leaves ; 20.5 cm (4to)
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin H. Herzog, 1981.
Notes
Title from leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf d5r: Vulgaria Therentii in theutonicam linguam traducta Daventrie impressa Anno d[omi]ni .M.cccc.lxxxix. Vicesimaquarta Novembris.
Printed in Parfraet's types 3*:108G and 5A:76G.
Signatures: a-d⁶: 24 leaves, leaf d6 blank.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Accipies woodcut, leaf a1r.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 19.8 x 13.5 cm.
Imprint from colophon, leaf d5r: Vulgaria Therentii in theutonicam linguam traducta Daventrie impressa Anno d[omi]ni .M.cccc.lxxxix. Vicesimaquarta Novembris.
Printed in Parfraet's types 3*:108G and 5A:76G.
Signatures: a-d⁶: 24 leaves, leaf d6 blank.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Accipies woodcut, leaf a1r.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 19.8 x 13.5 cm.
Binding
Modern gilt-tooled, full green goatskin over paper boards (20.5 x 14.5 cm), sewn on 4 supports by Zaehnsdorf. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; decorative endbands; plain edges.
Variant title
Vulgaria Terentii
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Contemporary Dutch rubrication, red initials, capital strokes, and underlining, with foliate flourish at colophon. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
Previously part of an unidentified Sammelband: fore-edge tab (leaf a1); round ownership stamp erased (leaf a1r); Eric Hyde Lord Sexton (1902-1980), booklabels (front pastedown); his sale, Christie's NY, 8 April 1981, lot 53; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased at Christie's as the gift of Edwin H. Herzog, April 1981.
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