Author: Publicio, Jacopo Short Title: Artes orandi, epistolandi, memorandi (1485) Title: Oratoriae artis epitoma, uel quae breuibus ad consumatum spectant oratorem : ex antiquo rhetorum gymnasio, dicendi scribendique breues rationes : nec non et aptus optimo cuique uiro titulus : insuper et perquam facilis memoriae artis modus Iacobi Publicii... Imprint: Venice: [Erhard Ratdolt, 31 Jan. 1485] Comments and Notes: ISTC uses author form: Publicius, Jacobus.Title from incipit (leaf A2 [signed A] recto). Imprint from Goff. Colophon (leaf H10 verso) reads: Erhardus Ratdolt Auguste[n]sis ingenio miro & arte p[er]polita impressioni mirifice dedit. 1485. pridie calen[das] Februarii. Venetiis. Signatures: A-G8 H10. Leaves printed on both sides; 32-33 lines per page. Leaf [A1] is blank. Initials; volvelle on leaf H8 recto. Imperfect copy: blank leaf [A1] wanting; volvelle also wanting. Extensively rubricated throughout; some ill. are hand-colored. Ms. notes in margins (some affected by cropping); old ms. note in red ink on back free endpaper. Bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner. Modern full vellum binding. Smithsonian Call Number: PN4103 .P97 1485 ISTC Goff Hain-Copinger GW Proctor Polain UKBYIP01097000-B P-1097