Pii II Pontificis Maximi Historia rerum ubique gestarum

Title

Pii II Pontificis Maximi Historia rerum ubique gestarum

Alternative Title

Full Title: Pii II Pontificis Maximi Historia rerum ubique gestarum : cum locorum descriptione non finita asia minor incipit; Pii II Pointificis Maximi Historia rervm vbiqve gestarvm

Creator

Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464

Publisher

Impressioni Venetiis dedita : Per Iohannem de Colonia sociumq[ue] eius Johannem Manthen de Gherretzem

Date

anno millesimo: cccclxxvii. [1477]

Format

[105] leaves ; 30 cm (fol.)

Description

Title from caption at incipit on leaf a2 recto;
Imprint from colophon, which in full reads: Pii. ii. Ponti. maximi histori[a]e 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 (a1 blank; k1 missigned as l1 );
Leaves printed on both sides;
35 lines in a full page;
capital space with guide letters;
without catchwords and foliation;
Incipit regist[rum] in two columns on l10 verso.

Provenance

French 19th century red morocco binding by Chambolle-duru; inner dentelles, combed marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.

Contributor

Johann, von Koln, active 1471-1491, printer;
Manthen, Johann, active 1471-1481, printer;
Schulich, Seymour, former owner

Language

Latin

Identifier

Dated 1477 .P56;
Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library, entry P-330;
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, vol. V, p. 233 (IB 20318);
Catalogue of the John Boyd Thacher collection of incunabula, entry 275;
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, entry P-730;
Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium Bibliographicum, entry 257;
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, entry M33756 ;
Incunabula short title catalogue, entry ip00730000
Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d'Italia, entry 7821
Pellechet, M. Catalogue ge?ne?ral des incunables des bibliothe?ques publiques de France, entry 178
Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, entry 4322
Walsh, J.E. Catalogue of the 15th-century printed books in the Harvard University Library, entry 1702

Citation

Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464, “Pii II Pontificis Maximi Historia rerum ubique gestarum,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 26, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/760.