Accession number
PML 128844
Creator
Traversagni, Lorenzo Guglielmo, 1425-1503.
Object title
Epistolaru[m] [con]ficiendaru[m] ars perutilis atq[ue] necessaria : presertim iuvenibus aliqua formula indigentibus.
Published
[Paris] : Impressus p[er] Joha[n]ne[m] Higma[n], [approximately 1488-1490].
Description
[8] leaves ; 20 cm (4to)
Credit line
Purchased on the Lathrop C. Harper C-1 Fund, 2002.
Notes
The author also appears in catalogues as Lorenzo Guglielmo Traversagni and Guillermus Saphonensis (the name used in the text).
Title from caption, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf a8v: Modus conficiendi epistolas perbrevis fratris Guilermi Saphonensis oratoris elega[n]tissimi feliciter fine[m] habet. Impressus p[er] Joha[n]ne[m] higma[n] p[ro]pe scolas decretoru[m].
Printed in Higman's type 1:80R.
Signatures: a⁸: 8 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 18.7 x 13.3 cm.
Title from caption, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf a8v: Modus conficiendi epistolas perbrevis fratris Guilermi Saphonensis oratoris elega[n]tissimi feliciter fine[m] habet. Impressus p[er] Joha[n]ne[m] higma[n] p[ro]pe scolas decretoru[m].
Printed in Higman's type 1:80R.
Signatures: a⁸: 8 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 18.7 x 13.3 cm.
Binding
Modern limp vellum (20 x 15 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper endleaves.
Variant title
Modus conficiendi epistolas
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Modern bibliographic pencil inscriptions.
Provenance
Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Bruce McKittrick, Jan. 2002.
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