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<dl><dd>Without t.p. Title from caption title, leaf A1</dd>
<dd>Tabula super libros tres De Cardinalatu Pauli Cortesii ... fol. a2</dd>
<dd>Imprint from colophon, leaf CCXLIIb</dd>
<dd>Foliation in considerable disarray: repetitions, omissions, numerical misplacements, but text appears to follow "Tabula super libros tres" (10 leaves at the beginning)</dd>
<dd>Marginal notes throughout. Spaces for initials unfilled</dd>
<dd>Edited and annotated (sig. X) by Lactantius Cortesius</dd>
<dd>A one-leaf dedication to Pope Leo X. (elected 13 March 1513) by Raphael [Maffei] Volaterranus has been substituted for his original (2 leaf) dedication to Pope Julius II (d. 21 February 1513) which, together with variation of text placement indicates a new issue as of 1513</dd>
<dd>Signatures (in the greatest variety): a¹₀A-E⁸FF⁶(FFvi blank)F-H⁸I²⁴(Ixxi blank) K-L⁸M⁸(-Mii)N¹⁴(Niii repeated, N[xi] blank)NN-O⁶(Oi-ii unmarked, Oii blank)p²P⁸Q¹⁵(Qv unmarked, Qvii repeats vi) q⁶r⁸R¹⁸(Rxiii blank)S-V⁸(Vviii blank)X⁸</dd>
<dd>Adams</dd>
<dd>BM</dd>
<dd>Ricciardi, R. in DBI</dd>
<dd>Weil-Garris, K. Renaissance cardinal's ideal palace</dd>
<dd>Cantimori, D. Questioncine sulle opere progettate da P. C., in Studi di bibliografia e di storia</dd>
<dd>"Cat. Marefoschi 8. / Libro rarissimo" and K.xi (in a different hand, pen and ink) on a paper label at the top left of the front pastedown; small bookplate of Giannalisa Feltrinelli centered on same. Stamped on first leaf (dedication): Ex. Bibl. Ios. Ren. Card. Imperialis (i.e. Giuseppe Renato Imperiali, Cardinal, 1651-1737). Flyleaf inscribed at top: Ex Bib. D. ... Garofoli ... Laodicenorum ... 1839. On gold-tooled spine red label: Cortese De Cardinal</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Catholic Church; Cardinals; Christian ethics</div>
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<dl><dd>Cortesi, Paolo, 1465-1510</dd>
<dd>Cortesi, Lattanzio, b. 1460?</dd>
<dd>Maffei, Raffaele, 1455-1522</dd></dl></div>
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