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<dl><dd>[78] leaves. ; 21 cm (8vo)</dd>
<dd>Title from incipit, leaf [1]₁.</dd>
<dd>Imprint derived from colophon ([10]₆ recto)</dd>
<dd>Signatures: [1¹⁰ 2-8⁸ 9-10⁶] (all leaves unsigned).</dd>
<dd>Royal octavo by quartersheets; [1]₂ recto: 24 lines, 134 x 76 mm; type: 115 (112)R; initial spaces, printed marginal notes.</dd>
<dd>"The inmost opening of the last quire has an irregular number of lines, indicating setting per forme. The standard was 24 lines per page (BMC, Polain). Three issues can be distinguished: (A) in 8vo, with a colophon naming Bartholmaeus Campanus Ponticuruanus, who was a press-reader. Opening k3v-k 4r (i.e. [10]₃ verso-[10]₄ recto) has 17 and 16 lines to the page (BMC, Hain, Polain (B) 2645). (B) in 4to, with a colophon naming the printers. Opening k3v-k4r (i.e. [10]₃ verso-[10]₄ recto) as in state A. (C) in 4to, with a colophon as in state B, leaves k3v-k4r (i.e. [10]₃ verso-[10]₄ recto) reset (Polain (B) 2645A, CIBN M-244, variante C)"--ISTC.</dd>
<dd>COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.79: leaf [10]₃ recto begins "DE CIVITAte dei ... ”, [10]₃ verso has 17 lines, [10]₄ recto has 16 lines, and [10]₄ verso begins “ac crudelissima morte ...” Colophon ([10]₆ recto) has "Bartholomaeus Campanus Ponticuruanus." Leaf dimensions: 193 x 144 mm.</dd>
<dd>PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.79 with bookplate of the BPL Charlotte Harris Fund. Modern pencil inscriptions at front. Acquired in March 1937.</dd>
<dd>BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.79 bound in a leaf of medieval vellum manuscript choirbook waste with fore-edge cover extensions. "X" inscribed on the lower edge of the text block.</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Family -- Early works to 1800</div>
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Morosini, Paolo, 1406-1483</div>
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