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Paris, France
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Folger call number: PA4373 .V6 1521 Cage
Folger holdings ID: 494202
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folio
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Latin text by various translators Edited by Gerardus Vercellanus Date of publication from colophon; full colophon reads: "Finis in chalcographia Nicolai de Pratis, idibus Iunij MDXXI" Signatures: [superscript pi]a⁸ b⁶ c⁴; a-z⁸ A-2A⁸ 2B-2C⁶ 2D⁶ (-2D6, blank?) Title printed in red and black within an illustrated ornamental border incorporating the printer's device of Nicolas Des Prez; device of Jean Petit in center of title page; woodcut creblé initials; printed marginal notes Includes index
Item information about Folger PA4373 .V6 1521 Cage
In contemporary leather over wooden boards; blind-stamped tools and rolls forming a panel and frame design; remains of clasps; manuscript title on fore-edge. Bookplate: Ex libris W.T. Smedley. Bookseller's label: George Gregory, Bookseller to H.M. Queen Alexandra, Bath. Ownership inscription on title page crossed out. Manuscript notes, trefoils, and underscoring. Dealer's description loosely inserted claiming that the annotations and markings are those of Francis Bacon
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Alternate titles: Illustrium virorum vite cum suo indice dilige[n]tur recognite, Plvtarchi Cheronei et Aemilii Probi, illustrium virorum vite cum suo indice diligētur recognite
Related names
editor: Vercellanus, Gerardus, 1480?-1554
printer: Des Prez, Nicolas, -1523
printer: Petit, Jean, active 1492-1530
former owner: Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934