_Fol. 1^a_: Prologus beati jeronimi p_re_sbiteri in psalteriu_m_ q_uo_d
ipse de hebraico transtulit in latinu_m_ [E]Vsebius jeronim_us_
soffronio suo salutem. _Fol. 1^b_: Explicit p_ro_logus beati jeronimi.
Incipit psalterium Psalmos dauid primus. _Fol. 51^a_: Canticu_m_ Ysaie
capitulo lxxij (_sic_), _followed by cantica of Hezekiah, Hannah, Moses
(2), Habakkuk_. _Fol. 54^a_, COLOPHON: Explicit tra_ns_lacio
soli_lo_q_ui_oru_m_ siue psalterij beatissimi Ieronimi eusebii
p_resbiteri_ q_uo_d ad peti_ci_one_m_ soffronij tra_n_stulit ut in
ep_isto_la_m_ ante psalteriu_m_ imp_re_ssa p_rae_mittit_ur_ _etc._
Folio. Quires [1-5^{10}, 6^4], 54 leaves, 33 lines to the page,
gothic letter, without signatures, catchwords, pagination, place,
printer's name or date. Two- to four-line spaces left for initials,
which are supplied in red. Paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in
red. Hain *13470. Brit. Mus. 15th cent., II, p. 320 (IB. 5560).
Jerome's final translations of the Old Testament books direct from the
Hebrew were all adopted into the received Latin version, the Vulgate,
except this of the Psalms. Here his earlier revision of the old Italic
version on the basis of the Septuagint had become so firmly established
in liturgical use that the translation from the Hebrew, though more
exact, could not displace it. This appears to be the first printed
edition.
Bound with No. 5. Gregorii Homiliæ.
7. MODUS PERVENIENDI AD SUMMAM SAPIENTIAM. [Augsburg, Günther Zainer, c.
1473.]
_Fol. 1^a_: [S]Entite de do_m_ino in bo_n_itate e_t_ in simplicitate
cordis q_uae_rite illu_m_. _Fol. 2^a_: Explicit prologus Incipit modus
ad summam p_er_veniendi sapienciam. _Fol. 24^a, l. 33_, END: sibi sparso
diuinit_us_ in ip_sum_ ardentissime se extendit _etc._ _Fol. 24^b,
blank._
Folio. Quires [1-2^{10}, 3^4], 24 leaves, 33 lines to the page,
gothic letter, without signatures, catchwords or pagination, place,
printer's name or date. Two- to four-line spaces left for capitals,
which are supplied in red. Initial-strokes in red. Hain *11490.
Brit. Mus. 15th cent., II, p. 320 (IB. 5531).
Bound with No. 5. Gregorii Homiliae.
8. HUGO de SANCTO VICTORE. Soliloquium de arrha animae. [Augsburg,
Günther Zainer.] 12 October, 1473.
_Fol. 1^a_: Incipit soliloquium beatissimi Augustini episcopi yponensi
(_sic_) de arra anime. _Fol. 7^b_, END: Rapt_us_ est finis hui_us_
tractat_us_ August_in_i de arra ani_m_e. feria t_er_cia post festu_m_
s_an_cti Dyonisy Anno d_omi_ni lxxiij _etc._ _Fol. 8, blank._
Folio. 8 leaves, the last blank, 33 lines to the page, gothic
letter, without place or printer's name. Three-line space for first
initial and initial-strokes supplied in red. Blank last leaf
wanting. Hain *2021. Pellechet 1525. Brit. Mus. 15th cent., p. 319
(IB. 5451).
The author of the work here directly ascribed to St. Augustine was the
mystic theologian Hugo de Sancto Victore (1097-1140), member of the
Canons Regular of St. Augustine and head of the abbey school of St.
Victor, near Paris. From his familiarity with the writings of Augustine
and likeness to his spirit, he was styled _Alter Augustinus_, a title
which furnishes a plausible but not wholly satisfactory explanation of
the confusion in the present case. For among the spurious writings which
have been put under Augustine's name more than one has been borrowed
from this author. For example, chapters 5-10 of the _Liber de diligendo
Deo_ are taken almost word for word from the present treatise.
In the present edition of this soliloquy cast in the form of a dialogue
the interlocutors are _Augustinus_ and _Anima_ (both names always
printed in capitals); in a Strassburg edition of about the same date,
_Hugo_ and _anima sua_; in the collected edition of Hugo's works, _homo_
and _anima_.
Bound with No. 5. Gregorii Homiliae.
9. CARACCIOLUS, ROBERTUS, de Licio. Opus quadragesimale quod de
poenitentia dictum est. Venetiis, Wendelinus de Spira, 20 July, 1472.
_Fol. 1, blank._ _Fol. 2^a_: Hec est tabula omniu_m_ sermonu_m_
contentorum hoc in uolumine. _Fol. 3^a_: Sacre theologie magistri necnon
sacri eloquij preconis celeberrimi fratris Roberti de Litio ordinis
Minor_um_ professoris op_us_ quadragesimale p_er_utilissimum quod de
penitentia dictum est. Feliciter incipit. _Fol. 267^a_, COLOPHON:
Vendelinus ego gentis _co_gnomine spiere!
Roberti haec caste purgata uolumi_n_a pressi!
Sedis apostolice Romano praeside Sixto
Magnanimo _et_ uenetum Nicolao pr_in_cipe Truno
M.cccclxxij.xx.quintilis.
_Fol. 267^b, 268, blank._ _Fol. 269^a_: Sermo i_n_ festo
a_n_nu_n_tiat_i_o_n_is u_ir_ginis marie _et_ eiusdem Roberti cum tribus
(_sic_) aliis sermonib_us_ seque_n_tib_us_. s. de p_re_destinato
nume_ro_ damnator_um_ _et_ de cathenis. _Fol. 289^b_: Finis triu_m_
sermonu_m_ Fratris Roberti... _Fol. 290, blank._
Quarto. Quires [1-7^{10}, 8^{12}, 9-11^{10}, 12^8, 13-15^{10},
16^8, 17-27^{10}, 28-30^6, 31^4], 290 leaves, 1, 268, 290 blank, 40
lines to the page, gothic letter, without signatures, catchwords
or pagination. Two- to seven-line spaces with guide-letters left
for initials. Two pinholes on side. Initials and paragraph-marks
supplied in red. Blank leaf 268 wanting. Hain-Copinger 4424.
Pellechet 3244. Proctor 3524.
Wendelin of Speier succeeded in 1470 to the press established in 1469 by
his brother John, the first printer of Venice, who lived to complete
only four books. Gothic type was introduced into Italy by Wendelin.
Roberto Caraccioli, born at Lecce in 1425, was bishop of his native city
from 1484 to 1495. The great reputation which these sermons enjoyed is
attested by the fact that four editions, three of them printed in
Venice, appeared in 1472, and four more in 1473, one of which was
Wendelin's second edition, an exact reprint of the present.
The Wodhull copy, bought at the sale of the library of Samuel Tyssen, in
1801, for £1.1s., bound in russia gilt, with Wodhull arms on side, at a
further cost of 19 shillings. Leaf 10-1/8 × 7-1/2 in.
10. VALLA, LAURENTIUS. Elegantiae linguae Latinae. Venetiis, Nicolaus
Jenson, 1471.
_Fol. 1^a_: LAVRENTII VALLENSIS ELega_n_tia_rum_ co_m_pendiosæ
collectio_n_is in ordinem alphabeti directæ principium. _Fol. 9^a,
blank._ _Fol. 9^b_: LAVRENTII VALLENSIS VIRI CLARISSIMI ET DE LINGVA
LATINA BENE MERENTIS AD IOANNEM TORTELLIVM ARETINVM: CVI OPUS
ELEGANTIARVM LINGVAE LATINAE DEDICAT EPISTOLA. _Fol. 11^a_: LAVRENTII
VALLENSIS PATRICII ROMANI COMMENTARIORVM GRAMMATICORVM SECVNDVM
ELEGANTIAM LINGVAE LATINAE LIBER PRIMVS DE NOMINE VERBOQVE. ET EX HIS
DVOBVS COMPOSITO PARTICIPIO INCTPIT PROOEMIVM. _Fol. 159^b_: LAVRENTII
VALLENSIS DE LANGVAE LATINAE ELEGANTIA TERTIVS LIBER FINIT: INCIPIT
IIII. DE NOMINVM SIGNIFICATIONIBVS. [_For_ TERTIVS _read_ QVINTUS;
_for_ IIII. DE NOMINVM SIGNIFICATIONIBVS _read_ VI. DE NOTIS
SCRIPTORVM.] _Fol. 190^a_: LAVRENTII VALLENSIS DE LINGVAE LATINAE
ELEGANTIA: ET DE EGO MEI TVI ET SVI AD IOANNEM TORTELLIVM ARETINVM LIBER
INCIPIT. _Fol. 200^b_, COLOPHON: LAVRENTII VALLENSIS DE LINGVAE LATINAE
ELEGANTIA: ET DE EGO MEI TVI ET SVI AD IOANNEM TORTELLIVM ARETINVM PER
ME M. NICOLAVM IENSON VENETIIS OPVS FELICITER IMPRESSVM EST. M.CCCCLXXI.
_Fol. 201, 202, blank._
Quarto. Quires [1^8, 2^{12}, 3-4^{10}, 5^{12}, 6-7^{10}, 8^{12},
9^{14}, 10-11^{10}, 12^{12}, 13^8, 14^6, 15-19^{10}, 20^8], 202
leaves, the last two blank, roman letter, 39 lines to the page,
without signatures, catchwords or pagination. Two- to six-line
spaces left for capitals and spaces also for Greek words, to be
supplied in manuscript. Two pinholes on side. The type is Jenson's
first font. Hain 15802. Proctor 4071.
At the head of the first page is a large initial of the interlaced vine
pattern in gold and colors, with a border of the same pattern enclosing
the entire page. The remaining five books, the prefatory epistle and the
supplement _De ego, mei et sui_ are introduced by initials of the same
size and style. Alternate red and blue capitals at the head of chapters,
paragraph-marks also in red and blue.
A few of the spaces left for Greek words are filled in manuscript, but
more are left vacant. When Jenson later in the same year printed
Cicero's Letters, he was provided with Greek type. The blank fol. 9^a is
occupied by a transcript in an early hand of the greater part of lib. i,
cap. iv (_De ficu_), from a MS. the readings of which differ materially
from the printed text.
For the purposes of the index the six books have been divided into a
continuous series of 479 chapters, designated in the margins of the text
by manuscript roman numerals, but in the index by printed numerals. The
references are not, as in later editions, to book and chapter, but to
chapters only. The index, alphabetized by the first letter of the word
only, printed on different paper and forming a separate quire, is here
placed at the beginning of the volume; but traces of earlier manuscript
signatures still remaining, bear witness to a former order in which the
text preceded the index, as is still the case in some copies of this
edition.
Most of Jenson's early books were folios. But notwithstanding the size
of the leaf (13 × 8 in.), this is a quarto, as both the direction of the
chain-lines and the position of the water-mark prove. However, because
of the limitations of the early presses, it was doubtless printed on
half-sheets, folio-wise, two pages at most at one impression.
Of the twenty-four 15th-century editions of the _Elegantiae_ the three
earliest, one of which was Jenson's, were printed in 1471.
Although the tradition that Nicolas Jenson, master of the mint at Tours,
was sent by Charles VII. in 1458 to Mainz to learn the secrets of the
newly discovered art of printing is otherwise unsupported and, in view
of the manner in which the invention was afterwards carried to France as
well as to other countries by private initiative, improbable, he was
already a master of the art, wherever and however acquired, when he
established in 1470 the press which held the leading place at Venice
until his death in 1480.
The present exceptionally fine copy of the _Elegantiae_, bound in citron
morocco, with gold borders and gilt edges, is the Wodhull copy, bought
in 1786 of Payne for £10.10s.
11. PLINIUS SECUNDUS, C. Naturalis historia. Venetiis, Nicolaus Jenson,
1472.
_Fol. 1, blank._ _Fol. 2^a_: CAIVS PLYNIVS MARCO SVO SALVTEM. _Fol.
4^a_: CAII PLYNII SECVNDI NATVRALIS HISTORIAE LIBER .I. CAIVS PLYNIVS
SECVNDVS NOVOCOMENSIS DOMITIANO SVO SALVTEM. PRAEFATIO. _Fol. 21^a_:
CAII PLINII SECVNDI NATVRALIS HISTORIAE LIBER .II. _Fol. 355^a_,
COLOPHON: CAII PLYNII SECVNDI NATVRALIS HISTORIAE LIBRI TRICESIMI
SEPTIMI ET VLTIMI FINIS IMPRESSI VENETIIS PER NICOLAVM IENSON GALLICVM
.M.CCCC.LXXII. NICOLAO TRONO INCLYTO VENETIARVM DVCE. _Followed by_:
Iohannis andreæ episcopi aleriensis ad pontificem summum Paulum secundum
uenetum epistola. _Fol. 356^a_: Hereneus lugdunensis episcopus: item
Iustinus ex philosopho martyr: item cum diuo Hieronymo Eusebius
cæsariensis: serio posteritatem adiurarunt: ut eorum descripturi opera
conferrent diligenter exemplaria: et sollerti studio emendarent. Idem
ego tum in cæteris libris omnibus tum maxime i_n_ Plynio ut fiat;
uehementer obsecro: obtestor: atq_ue_ adiuro: ne ad priora menda: _et_
tenebras i_n_extricabiles tanti sudoris opus relabat_ur_. Instauratu_m_
aliqua_n_tulu_m_ sub romano po_n_tifice maximo Paulo secu_n_do ueneto.
_Fol. 356^b, blank._
Folio. Quires [1^{12}, 2^8, 3-8^{10}, 9^{12}, 10-15^{10}, 16^8,
17-27^{10}, 28^6, 29-30^{10}, 31-35^8, 36^{12}, 37^8], 356 leaves,
first blank, 50 lines to the page, roman letter, without
signatures, catchwords or pagination. Two- to twelve-line spaces
left for capitals, with guide-letters; also spaces for occasional
Greek words. Greek type sparingly used, oftener transliteration in
roman. Two pinholes. Hain *13089. Proctor 4087. Morgan Cat. II, p.
39, n. 297.
The rubrication of the present copy is not only elaborate but also of
unusual merit. The first of the twelve-line initials of the thirty-seven
books is finely illuminated in gold and colors. The others, in the
outlines of which grotesque features are occasionally introduced, are
set off by skilful pen-work, harmonizing in general effect, but
carefully avoiding repetition in details. The chapter initials also, a
thousand or more in number, in alternate red and blue, or red and green,
have much variety and grace. The initial L, for example, occurring
twenty-eight times in the first book, is never repeated in the same form
and color. The blank fol. 3^b is occupied by the name Jesus in very
large and ornate characters, in different colors, surrounded by scroll
and figure decoration. The Bagneri arms, included in the ornamentation
of the first initial, point to an early ownership of the volume, and the
arms of the Antella family of Florence at the foot of the first page, to
a later ownership.
The introductory epistle of the younger Pliny, describing his uncle's
manner of life, was addressed to his friend Macer, who here becomes
Marcus by the easy transposition of Macro to Marco. Less easily
explained is the substitution in the dedication of Domitian for his
brother Titus Vespasian, to whom Pliny dedicated the work.
Two editions of the _Naturalis Historia_ preceded this, the first
printed by John of Speier in 1469, with a five years' privilege from the
Venetian senate, which expired at his death in 1470, the second by
Sweynheym and Pannartz, Rome, 1470. With the first of these, Jenson's
edition agrees in the number of pages and of lines to the page. From the
second he reprinted the letter addressed by the editor Johannes Andreas,
Bishop of Aleria, to his patron Pope Paul II., and the earnest appeal
for care on the part of any who should reprint his Pliny, "_ne ad priora
menda et tenebras inextricabiles tanti sudoris opus relabatur_." Fifteen
more editions were printed before the close of the 15th century.
Jenson's Pliny is generally regarded as the finest production of his
press. The type is his first font.
The Wodhull copy, bought of Thomas Payne, book-seller, in 1791 for
£12.12s., and bound by Roger Payne in russia gilt, with Wodhull arms on
side, at the additional cost of £1. Leaf 15-1/4 × 10-1/4 in.
12. NONIUS MARCELLUS. De compendiosa doctrina. Venetiis, Nicolaus
Jenson, 1476.
_Fol. 1, blank._ _Fol. 2-20, alphabetical index._ _Fol. 21, blank._
_Fol. 22^a_: NONII MARCELLI PERIPATETICI TIBVRTICENSIS COMPENDIOSA
DOCTRINA AD FILIVM DE PROPRIETATE SERMONVM. _Fol. 194^a_, COLOPHON:
NONII MARCELLI PERIPATETICI TIBVRTICENSIS COMPENDIOSA DOCTRINA AD FILIVM
DE PROPRIETATE SERMONVM IMPRESSA VENETIIS INDVSTRIA ATQVE IMPENDIO
NICOLAI IENSON GALLICI. .M.CCCC.LXXVI. _Fol. 194^b, blank._
Folio. Sign. a-c^{10}, d-y^8, z^{12}, 194 leaves, 1 and 21 blank,
34 lines to the page, roman letter, without catchwords or
pagination. Seven- and eight-line spaces left for capitals, some
with guide-letters. The type is Jenson's first roman trimmed or
recast the second time on a slightly smaller body. Greek words as a
rule printed with Greek type, not transliterated. Hain 11901.
Proctor 4098.
On the first page of text a large initial S in gold on a panel of color,
with marginal decoration. Other large chapter initials in red and blue
alternately. Numerous paragraph-marks in alternate red and blue. Blank
first leaf wanting.
The index, which occupies the first nineteen leaves, is alphabetized as
far as the second letter of the word. The references are by roman
numerals to the leaves (not pages) of the work, which themselves have
only manuscript foliation in arabic figures.
The first edition of Nonius was printed at Rome in 1470 by Lauer; the
second, in 1471, was without place or name. Jenson's edition, which is
the third, borrowed from both of these but added also something of
value. The correct title, _De compendiosa doctrina_, first appears here.
The usual title, _De proprietate sermonum_, belongs strictly to the
first chapter. As in all the early editions, the third chapter is
lacking, having been discovered later and first included in the 1513
edition of Aldus. Jenson's Greek type long remained in favor for
incidental use in Latin books after it had been displaced in Greek books
by Aldine types.
The Wodhull copy, "Payne's sale, £5.5s., January, 1792." Bound by Roger
Payne in red morocco, gilt edges. Leaf 11 × 8 in.
13. DULLAERT, JOHANNES, de Janduno or Gandavo. Quaestiones super tres
libros Aristotelis de anima. Venetiis, Franciscus de Hailbrun et
Nicolaus de Franckfordia socii, 1473.
_Fol. 1^a, blank._ _1^b_: Tabula q_ue_stio_n_u_m_ d_omi_ni Joh_ann_is de
Janduno sup_er_ tres libros de anima Aristotelis. _Fol. 2^a_: [I]Nest
enim me_n_tib_us_ hominu_m_ Veri boni naturalis inserta cupiditas. _Fol.
92^b_, COLOPHON: Expliciunt questiones d_omi_ni Joh_ann_is de Janduno
sup_er_ tres libros de a_n_i_m_a Ar_istotelis_ i_m_presse Venetijs p_er_
Franciscu_m_ de Hailbrun _et_ Nicolau_m_ de Franckfordia socios.
M.CCCCLXXiii.
Folio. Quires [1-8^{10}, 9^{12}], 92 leaves, 2 columns, 71 lines to
the column, gothic letter, without signatures, catchwords or
pagination. Six- to twelve-line spaces left for capitals. Two
pinholes. Arabic figures used to the exclusion of roman numerals
not only in table of contents, but throughout the text to mark
subdivisions of the argument or individual books of a treatise.
Hain 7458. Burger pl. 99.
On first page of text a twenty-four line initial illuminated in gold and
colors, with border ornament. Book and chapter initials in alternate red
and blue. Arabic numerals, which made their first appearance in printed
books in 1470, were very sparingly used even at a considerably later
date than 1473.
The author, commonly known as Johannes de Gandavo (Ghent), of the early
part of the 14th century, wrote commentaries also on other works of
Aristotle. Of the present work five editions, of which this is the
first, were printed at Venice in the 15th century.
Franz Renner of Heilbronn conducted a press at Venice from 1471 to 1483,
having as partner from 1473 to 1477 Nicolas of Frankfort. The present
volume is printed in a small round-faced gothic type, the second of the
nine fonts which he used.
The Wodhull copy, bought at the Maffei Pinelli sale, London, 1789, for
£1.13s. Bound in hf. vellum. Leaf 16-3/4 × 11-1/2 in.
14. ARISTOTELES. Libri de animalibus interprete Theodoro Gaza. Venetiis,
Johannes de Colonia sociusque Johannes Manthen, 1476.
_Fol. 1, blank._ _Fol. 2^a_: THEODORI: GEAECI: THESSALONICENSIS:
PRAEFATIO: IN LIBROS: DE ANIMALIBVS: ARISTOTELIS: PHILOSOPHI: AD XYSTVM:
QVARTVM: MAXIMVM. _Fol. 7^b_: ARISTOTELIS: DE HISTORIA: ANIMALIVM: LIBER
PRIMVS INTERPRETE THEODORO. _Fol. 131^a_: ARISTOTELIS DE PARTIBVS
ANIMALIVM LIBER PRIMVS INTERPRETE THEODORO. _Fol. 184^a_: ARISTOTELIS DE
GENERATIONE ANIMALIVM LIBER PRIMVS INTERPRETE THEODORO. _Fol. 250^b_,
COLOPHON: Finiunt libri de animalibus Aristotelis interprete Theodoro
Gaze. V. clarissimo: quos Ludouicus podocatharus Cyprius ex Archetypo
ipsius Theodori fideliter _et_ dilige_n_ter auscultauit: _et_ formulis
imprimi curauit Venetiis per Iohannem de Colonia sociu_m_q_ue_ eius
Iohanne_m_ ma_n_the_n_ de Gherretze_m_. Anno domini .M.CCCC.LXXVI. _Fol.
251^a_: Tabula cartarum secundum ordinem ponendarum. _Fol. 251^b, 252,
blank._
Folio. Sign. a-b^{10}, c-d^8, e^{10}, f^8, g^{10}, h^8, i^{10},
k^8, l-t^{10}, u^8, x^{10}, aa-dd^{10}, ee^8, ff^6. 252 leaves, the
first and the last blank, roman letter, 35 lines to the page,
without pagination. Two- to seven-line spaces left for initials,
with guide-letters. Hain *1699. Proctor 4312. Morgan Cat., II, p.
48, n. 313. Burger pl. 199.
The border surrounding the first page of text, and eighteen initials of
the several books, are illuminated in gold and colors. Chapter initials
supplied in red and blue alternately.
Printed signatures, which appear to have been first introduced by
Zarotto of Milan in 1470, and a register of sheets, first used by John
of Cologne in 1475, are both found in this volume. The register, which
may give only the number of sheets in each of the quires, or the first
word of each sheet of the quire, is here of the latter kind.
Unfortunately two sheets escaped registration and the words are supplied
in manuscript.
Three separate treatises of Aristotle are contained in this volume:
Historia de animalibus libri ix; De partibus animalium libri iv; De
generatione animalium libri v.
Theodore Gaza, the translator, was a learned Greek from Thessalonica,
who took up his residence in Italy on the capture of his native city by
the Turks. The translation was made at the instance of Nicolas V., who
had invited him to Rome in 1450, but was first printed in the present
edition (Venice, 1476) and dedicated in a flattering epistle of eleven
pages to the reigning pope, Sixtus IV. The fifty scudi which the pope
sent in acknowledgment of the dedication copy Gaza is said to have
thrown in disgust into the Tiber. It is interesting to note in this
connection that while the Venice editions of 1492 and 1498 retain the
name of Sixtus IV. in the dedication, Aldus after having omitted the
epistle altogether in his 1504 edition, in that of 1513 quietly
substituted the name of Nicolas V., the earlier and worthier patron,
without a word of change in the language of the dedication itself. Later
editions have followed the example of Aldus.
John of Cologne, established as a printer at Venice as early as 1471,
was associated 1472-1473 with Wendelin of Speier, whose business and
types he took over in 1474. He had as partner, 1474-1480, John Manthen,
and in 1480, Nicolas Jenson. The type of the _Aristotle_ is a close
imitation of the first font of John and Wendelin of Speier.
The Wodhull copy, bought at the Pinelli sale for £2.12s.6d. Bound in hf.
vellum. Leaf 12 × 8-1/4 in.
15. UBERTINUS DE CASALI. Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu. Venetiis, Andreas
de Bonetis de Papia, 12 March, 1485.
_Fol. 1, blank._ _Fol. 2^a_: INCIPIT PROLOGVS IN LIBRVM QVI INTITVLATVR
ARBOR VITE CRVCIFIXE IESV. ET DICITVR OPVS VBERTINI DE CASALI. QVI FVIT
FRATER PROFESSVS ORDINIS MINORVM BEATI FRANCISCI. _Fol. 4^a, col. 2_:
Explicit p_ri_mus p_ro_logus. Incipit secu_n_dus. _Fol. 5^a, col. 2_:
Explicit p_ro_logus secundus. Incipit liber primus. _Fol. 248^b, col.
2_, COLOPHON: Liber qui intitulatur Arbor uite crucifixe Iesu
deuotissimi fratris Vbertini de Casali ordinis minoru_m_ felicit_er_
explicit. Impressus Venetiis p_er_ Andrea_m_ de Bonettis de Papia. Anno
.M.CCCC.LXXXV. Die.xii.Martii. Ioa_n_ne Mocenico inclyto principe
regnante. _Fol. 249^a_: Tabula capitulo_rum_. _Fol. 249^b, col. 2_:
Registrum. _Fol. 250, blank._
Folio. Sign. a-z^8, A^8, B^{12}, C-G^8, H^6. 250 leaves, 1, 204,
250 blank, 2 columns and head-line, 58 lines to the column, roman
letter. The head-lines give the subject, book and chapter numbers.
Eight-line spaces left for the initials of the five books and
three-line spaces, some with guide-letters, for the chapter
initials, both supplied in red. Blank first and last leaves
wanting. Hain *4551. Pellechet 3331. Proctor 4816.
Bound in olive green morocco with gold borders and gilt edges.
Book-stamp of J. Richard, D.M., on first and last leaf of text, and
book-plate of another owner, Jules Frayssenet, of Fleurance, printed on
full leaf inserted between the fly-leaves, front and back, and the text.
Leaf 10-1/4 × 7-3/4 in.
Andreas de Bonetis, of Pavia, printed at Venice from 1483 to 1487.