[352] leaves ; 32 cm (fol.)

Title devised by cataloger

Translated from the Greek original by Rufinus of Aquileia; edited by Girolamo Squarciafico

Date and imprint from colophons on p5 verso and [con]7 verso. From p5 verso: "Impressum in inclyta ciuitate Venetiarum per magistrum Raynaldum de Nouimagio almanu[s]. Anno salutis. M.cccc.lxxxi. Vltima die Martij. From [con]7 verso: Imp[re]ssu[m] Venetijs p[er] Raynaldu[m] de nouimagio. Anno D[omi]ni Mcccc deci[m]o die maij."

"There can be no doubt that the two parts of this edition were printed about the same time, and that the imperfect date in the colophon of pt. ii should be 1481. The book was apparently produced at the charge of Squarzaficus ..."--Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum

"Vita Iosephi," by Girolamo Squarciafico: leaves [con]7 verso-[con]8

Signatures: a¹⁰ b-o⁸ p⁶; ²a-b¹⁰ c-d⁸ [delta]⁸ e-m⁸ n-o¹⁰ p-r⁸ [long s]⁸ s-t⁸ v⁸ u-z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁸ (a1, p6, ²a1=blank)

Chancery folio; a4 recto: 48 lines plus headline, 203 (219) x 122 mm; types: 150G (headlines), 84G (text); initial spaces with guide letters

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.26 FOLIO imperfect: a5.6, p6, ²a1 wanting (p6 and ²a1=blank). Leaf dimensions: 298 x 207 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.26 FOLIO with bookplate of the BPL Charlotte Harris Fund. Early, full-page inscription on front flyleaf recto begins with heading: "Coniuratio mali t[em]poris & tempestatis [...]") Engraved bookplate of Count Paolo Vimercati Sozzi on a1 verso. Unidentified ink stamp on a2 recto (circular, crucifix in middle, possibly Franciscan?). Early/contemporary marginalia, apparently in same hand as inscription at front, throughout. Purchased in April, 1916.

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.26 FOLIO bound in later rigid vellum. Manuscript label on spine.

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