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| Author:
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Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464 |
| Short
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Historia rerum ubique gestarum
(1477) |
| Title:
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Pii II Pontificis Maximi Historia rerum ubique gestarum : cum locorum descriptione non finita Asia Minor ....
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| Imprint:
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Venice: [Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, 1477] |
| Comments
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First part only of an unfinished work; primarily deals with the ancient history of Asia Minor.
Title from incipit (leaf a2 recto).
Imprint from Goff.
Colophon (leaf l10 recto) reads: Pii ii Ponti. Maximi Historiae rerum ubiq[ue] gestaru[m] prima pars finitur: & impressioni Venetiis dedita, per Iohannem de Colonia sociumq[ue] eius Iohannem Manthen de Gherretzem anno millesimo cccclxxvii.
Signatures: a-f10 g-h8 i-l10.
Leaves printed on both sides; 34-35 lines per page.
Leaf a1 is blank; wanting in Dibner Library copy.
Guide-letters.
Leaf k1 missigned as l1.
Bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner.
Signature on front free endpaper: Antonio Orsetti.
Old ms. annotations; some affected by cropped margins.
Bookseller's catalog description of this ed. pasted on front free endpaper.
Old limp vellum binding; ties lacking; title inked on spine. In modern portfolio.
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| Smithsonian
Call Number: |
DS155 .P69 1477 |
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ISTC
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Goff
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Hain-Copinger
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GW
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Proctor
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Polain
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UKBYIP00730000-B
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P-0730
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