Praxis prenosticandi Rhoderici basurtij

Title from caption on a6 recto: "Praxis prenosticandi Rhoderici basurtij sub regmare exemplo anni incarnationis dominice. M.cccc.xc.vij. incipientris currere ad vtilitatem scolasticorum edita foeliciter inchoat." Place and year derived from colophon (b7 verso): Impressum salmantice anno domini milesimo.cccc.xc.vij.viij. die martij Printers' names from Maria Eugenia Lopez Varea. "La imprenta incunable en Castilla y Leon: repertorio bibliografico." Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2021, no. 209, p. 433. Dedicatory epistle to Prince Juan, son of Ferdinand and Isabella: "Clarissimo inclito ac serenissimo Ioan[n]nis hispanorum priucipi [sic]: christianissimorum Fernandi Quinti Et Helisabeth vnigento. Rodericus Barsurtius Altissime serenitatis sue humllimus [sic] seruus. Salutem." Signatures: a-b⁸ (b8=blank). Chancery quarto; a3 recto: 34 lines, 139 x 83 mm; type: 82G; initial spaces without guide letters a1 recto: blank -- a1 verso: "Artus Lusitanus" -- a2 recto-a5 verso: dedicatory epistle -- a6 recto-b7 verso: Praxis prenosticandi Rhoderici basurtij -- b8: blank Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M49472 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, V103 Incunabula short title catalogue, iv00103000 COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.17 imperfect: b1 wanting and replaced with an early/contemporary leaf in manuscript. Corrections throughout. Foliated in modern pencil, upper outer margins. Letter "a" written on b8 verso. Leaf dimensions: 189 x 140 mm. PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.17 with bookplate of the BPL Ticknor bequest and the personal bookplate of George Ticknor. Bibliographical inscription in Ticknor's hand at front. Early/contemporary inscription on a1 verso, beginning with "Ad arium lussitanum, preceptorem suum, Iacobus Alcanyz ..." (inscription transcribed in full on one of the modern endpapers at end of volume). BPL embossed stamp on a2 recto. Former call number D.210a.12. Acquired via the Ticknor bequest in April, 1871. BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.17 bound in 19th-century half red goatskin and marbled boards.