Incipit prima pars et capitulum primum de totius orbis generali diuisione

Title from caption at incipit on leaf [1]₃ recto. Date and place of printing from colophon on leaf [5]₅ verso, which reads in full: Finis huius opusculi Parthenope imp[re]ssum : anno salutis 1477 octaua kalendas septe[m]brias. Reichling and others record a variant colophon setting, which reads: Finis hui[us] opusculi p[er] magist[rum] Hinricu[m] aldyng : Parthenope imp[re]ssum : anno salutis 1477 octauo kalendas septembrias accuratissime Printer's name from end of register on leaf [6]₈ recto: "Henricus Aldyng." Woodcut astrological tables on leaves [5]₆ recto-[6]₇ recto. Signatures: [1-3⁸ 4-5⁶ 6⁸] (all leaves unsigned). Chancery quarto; [2]₁ recto: 30 lines, 146 x 81 mm; types: 200R (headings), 97R (text); initial spaces without guide letters; paper stock watermarked with scissors generally resembling Zonghi's watermarks, figures 611 through 649. Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P1009 Incunabula short title catalogue, ip01009000 COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.406.3: initials rubricated in red and blue. Initial on [1]₁ verso illuminated, with floral border decoration in blue. Manuscript guide letters. [5]₆ and [6]₁ tipped or hinged to bifoliate stub. Leaf dimensions: 190 x 137 mm. PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.406.3 with early annotations in Greek and Latin. Single-sheet (two-page) bibliographical inscription, in Italian, tipped-in at front. Two inscriptions on [1]₁ recto: "Christiani Proliani opus Astronomicum" and an encomium to one Lucius Antonius Petrus, of Lucca, dated January, 1545. Present on early endpapers are three early, half-page inscriptions (one Greek, two Latin). On the verso of the second early endleaf is an additional early Latin inscription. Purchased from Lathrop C. Harper in June, 1967 (catalog 27, item 19). Former call number Q.477.P94A. BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.406.3 halfbound in modern vellum and marbled papers. Two leaves of early endpapers at rear hinged with early printed waste.