Diogenes Laertius. Diogene Laertio

GW: 8383
BM 15th cent.: VI, p. 848 (IB.29163)
Folger bibliographic ID: 90005
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries: D-224
Folger call number: INC D180
Folger holdings ID: 92278

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Incipit (leaf a3r) reads: Laertii Diogenis uitae & sententiae eorum qui in philosophia p[ro]bati fuerunt Translated by Ambrogio Traversari Edited by Benedictus Brugnolus Imprint from colophon (leaf t4r) Signatures: a-s⁶, t⁴ Errors in foliation: leaves 110-112 misnumbered CV, CVI, CVI Capital spaces, mostly with guide letters; woodcut initial on leaf a3r Includes register Includes index

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Edges have been trimmed, affecting manuscript notes. Early manuscript notes in several hands in brown ink with trefoil markings, brackets, manicules and underlining; some initials have been provided in brown ink. Inscription on front flyleaf, reading: "pridie calẽdas februarij patauij liber hic emptus fuit A uicẽcio mussato in scolis Ioanis marie preceptoris Ano dñi M.ccccc.xxii. precio ut Int[er] Nos <Iniimus> Iniuimus cõuectionem [et] pactũ. Presente gasparo magistri tonsoris filio Patauino habitãtis ĩ platea Hieronimi"; early inscription on inner side of front wooden board "Ad usum Benedicti Gelmo." In a later quarter sheepskin binding on wooden beech boards with a clasp. Bookplate "Ex libris Simonis Santuari Dec. For. et Archipraesb. Strigni"; bookplate of Raimondo Ambrosini bearing shelfmark "LX 6613"; bookplate of W.T. Smedley; purchased in 1924

Uniform title: Lives, teachings, and sayings of famous philosophers. Latin
Alternate titles: Vitae et sententiae philosophorum, De vita et moribus philosophorum

Philosophers, Ancient

author: Diogenes Laertius
associated with: Brugnolus, Benedictus, active 1504
associated with: Traversari, Ambrogio, 1386-1439
former owner: Mussatus, Vicencius, active 1522
former owner: Gelmo, Benedictus
former owner: Santuarus, Simon
former owner: Ambrosini, Raimondo, -1914
former owner: Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934
printer: Ragazzoni, Giacomo, active 1493-1497