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Author: Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464
Short Title: Epistolae in Pontificatu editae (1487)
Title: Epistola siue Oratio Pii in conuentu Mantuano.
Imprint: Milan: [Antonius Zarotus, for Johannes Petrus Novariensis, Oct. 1487]
Comments and Notes: Caption title (leaf a2 recto). Imprint from Goff. Leaf pi1 recto reads: Tituli epistolarum Pii Secundi: pontificis maximi: quae in hoc diuino codice continentur ... Colophon (leaf U8 recto) reads: Has Pii Secundi: pont. Max. epistolas q[uas] diligentissime castigatas Antonius Zarothus impressit opera & impendio Iohannis Petri Nouariensis. Anno Domini. M.cccclxxxyii Octobris. Signatures: pi3, a-c8, d-e4, f-g8, h4, i-m8, n4, o-u8. Leaf pi3 is blank. Leaves printed on both sides; 35 lines per page. Spaces left for initials. Imperfect copy: leaves pi1-pi3 lacking. Bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner. Printed bookseller's catalog description of this edition pasted on front paste-down. Modern full vellum binding; gilt-stamped red leather spine label; yapp edges.
Smithsonian Call Number: BX1308 .P69 1487
ISTC
Goff
Hain-Copinger
GW
Proctor
Polain
UKBYIP00726000-B
P-0726