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<dl><dd>LXIII, [1] leaves : 32 cm (fol.)</dd>
<dd>Imprint derived from colophon (l3 verso): Impressum Venetiis sumptu diligentissimi uiri Ioannis de Tridino. Anno a natali christiano M. CCCC. XCIX. Die uero .IIII. Me[n]sis Noue[m]bris. Regnante inclyto ac foelicissimo principe Augustino Barbadico</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A⁶ b-k⁶ l⁴ (l4=blank)</dd>
<dd>Super-chancery folio; commentary surrounds text, b2 recto: 60 lines of commentary and text, with printed marginalia, 250 x 154 (170) mm; types: 111R (text), 84R (commentary); woodcut initials and initial spaces with guide letters, woodcut title page vignette</dd>
<dd>A close reprint edition (Venice: Tacuinus, [1507]) exists with colophon date unchanged, but with an added printer's preface, dated 1507, on the title page verso. See Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum</dd>
<dd>Letter of Joannes Bonardus to Angelus Marcellus on leaf IIr</dd>
<dd>COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.402.6 no.1 FOLIO with damp staining at front and back. Cat paw prints on A1 recto. Deckled edges intact along tail and fore-edge of many leaves. Leaf dimensions: 315 x 215 mm.</dd>
<dd>COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.402.6 no.1 FOLIO bound with: Juvenalis. Satyrae. Venice: Tacuinus, 1498 (ISTC ij00666000).</dd>
<dd>PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.402.6 no.1 FOLIO with BPL gift bookplate of Professor M.H. Morgan. On front pastedown: presentation inscription to the BPL in Morgan's hand, dated 1894, also with unidentified printed description. 16th-century title page inscription: "Co[n]sta[n]tij F. Maximi Tar/ni" and in a later hand: "Scriptoris damnati in prima classe." BPL embossed stamp on A1 and A2. Inscription on A2 recto: "Frater Maximus Taruisinus sibi amicisque dicauit - 1528 septembris 25a [...]" Early/contemporary marginalia throughout. Acquired via donation in June, 1894.</dd>
<dd>BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.402.6 no.1 FOLIO bound in shell-marbled papers with vellum spine and corners. Two red leather labels on spine. Remnants of manuscript fore-edge title.</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Verse satire, Latin</div>
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<dl><dd>Persius.</dd>
<dd>Persius</dd></dl></div>
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