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Venice, Italy
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BM 15th cent.: V, p. 341 (IB.21008, 21009)
Folger bibliographic ID: 89801
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries: B-767
Folger call number: INC B683
Folger holdings ID: 92073
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folio
General notes
Title from collective title (leaf [*]1r) "Arithmetica Geometria et Musica Boetii" has special title page Place of publication and publisher statement from colophon of 1st pt., which gives date of publication as: Anno humane restaurationis. 1492. die. 18. Augusti ...; colophon of 2nd pt. gives date as: Anno salutis. Mcccclxxxxj. die xxvj. mensis Martij Signatures: [*]², A-B⁶, a⁸, b¹⁰, c-d⁸, e-f⁶, g⁴, h⁶, i⁸, k-q⁶, r⁴, s-u⁶, 2u⁶, 3u⁶, 4u⁶, v⁸, x-y⁶, z⁸, 2a-2k⁶, 2l⁸; 2⁴, A⁸, B-P⁶ Leaves r4 and 2 1 are blank Printed in 2 columns Numerous diagrams and illustrations Capital spaces with guide letters Leaf A1r printed in red and black Leaves 221-222, misnumbered 219-220 in pt. I
Item information about Folger INC B683
Part I only (description of pt. II provided from BM 15th cent. and GW). Extensive early manuscript notes in different hands, manicules, brackets, and corrections in text. Several ownership inscriptions on leaf [*]1r (2 of them defaced, the 2nd one illegible), reading "Pellegrini Maraldij Cesenatensis", "Fris Michaellis Angeli de Pistoria Ordinis Seruoru[m]", and "Nunc ex libris Jacobi [...?] Romani ordinis [...?]"; inscription at head of same p. "Bononi[a]e P[reti]um 3 [...?]" partially illegible as a result of wear. Several gatherings have been repaired; rebound; in a tailored box. Purchased in 1929 according to Mrs. Folger's files
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former owner: Maraldius, Pellegrinus
former owner: Michael Angelus, de Pistoria
printer: Gregori, Giovanni de', active 15th century
printer: Gregori, Gregorio de', active 1480-1528