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Dictys Cretensis de historia belli Troiani et Darses Priscus de eadem Troiana

by Cretensis Dictys

  • First published:
  • 15th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source

[74] leaves ; 22 cm (4to) 2 parts, dated: I) Anno .M.cccc.xcix. kal[endis] Februariis, i.e. 1 February 1499, on leaf g8 verso, and II) kalendis Martii .M. CCCC. LXXXXIX, i.e. 1 March 1499, on leaf i10 recto Title from title page on leaf a1 recto, preceded by: Iesus Maria Imprint from colophon (i10 recto): Finit historia antiquissima Dictys Cretensis atq[ue] Daretis Phrygii de bello Troianorum ac Graecorum in inclyta urbe Venetiarum cum eximia diligentia impressa per Cristoferum Mandellum de Pensis kalendis Martii .M. CCCC. LXXXXIX. Laus deo & beate uirgini. Translated from Greek into Latin by Lucius Septimius Edited by Franciscus Faragonius Signatures: a-h⁸ i¹⁰. Chancery quarto; a6 recto: 30 lines, 159 x 105 mm; type: 109 (107)R; woodcut inital on fol. h1 recto, otherwise initial spaces with guide letters COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.85 leaf dimensions 214 x 156 mm. PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.85 with pencil dealer's notes, etc., including "SLB502" (Gilhofer & Ranschburg?). Bookplate of the BPL J.L. Whitney Fund. Ink stamp of the Austrian Bundesdenkmalamt on front pastedown. Each book numbered in manuscript in upper margins. Early foliation (incorrect) in upper-right margins. Early/contemporary marginalia. Purchased in March, 1937. BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.85 bound in modern decorated paper boards. Title page, a1 recto; Franciscus Faragonius. [Letter addressed to] Bernardus Riccius Messanensis, a2 recto-a3 recto; Franciscus Faragonius. [Verses], a3 recto-verso; Franciscus Faragonius. "Appendiculae ad libri interpretationem", a3 verso-a4 verso; Franciscus Faragonius. Epigramma [dedicated to] Bernardus Riccius Messanensis, a4 verso-a5 recto; [Lucius] Septimius. "Prologus", i.e. letter addressed to Quintus Aradius, a5 recto-verso; [Pseudo-]Dictys Cretensis. Historia Troiana, Books 1-6, in Latin translation by Lucius Septimius, a5 verso-g8 verso; colophon dated 1 February 1499, g8 verso; "Historia de origine troianorum", genealogical note, h1 recto; [Pseudo-]Cornelius Nepos. [Letter addressed to] Sallustius Crispus, h1 recto-verso; [Pseudo-]Dares Phrygius. De excidio Troiae historia, h1 verso-i9 verso; Franciscus Faragonius. "Ad lectorem", 5 elegiac distichs, i10 recto; colophon dated 1 March 1499, i10 recto; printer's register, i10 recto.

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1499[Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello]; [Venice] : [Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello]LatinPublic

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