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.