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<dl><dd>Title from ISTC; imprint derived from colophon ([20]₈ recto): Excellentissimi historici Platine in vitas summorum pontificum ad Sixtum IIII pontificem maximum preclaru[m] opus feliciter explicit. Accurate castigatu[m] ac impe[n]sa Antonij Koburger Nurenberge impressu[m] iij Idus Augusti consummatum anno salutis [Christ]iane Mcccclxxxi.</dd>
<dd>Letter from Hieronimus Squarzaficus Alexandrinus to Platina on p. [2]</dd>
<dd>Signatures (adapted from the British Museum catalogue): [1¹⁰ 2-17⁶ 18⁸ 19⁶ 20⁸]</dd>
<dd>Chancery folio; printed in double columns, [1]₂ recto: 56 lines, 228 x 129 mm; types: 160 (headings), 82 (text); initial spaces without guide letters.</dd>
<dd>Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, 420</dd>
<dd>Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P769</dd>
<dd>Incunabula short title catalogue, entry ip00769000</dd>
<dd>COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.14 FOLIO: initial spaces blank, chapter headings numbered in early manuscript. Leaf dimensions: 272 x 198 mm.</dd>
<dd>PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.14 FOLIO with BPL gift plate of Theodore Parker. Early inscriptions and autographs on front flyleaf recto: Theodore Parker, Johann Fabricius ("Pro M. Ioanni Frabricio, 1570"), and David Fabricius ("Nunc Filius h[abe]t[?] M. David Fabricius"). Ink stamp of Garrigue and Christern. BPL embossed stamp on first leaf of main text. Full-page manuscript table of contents on verso. Early/contemporary marginalia throughout. Acquired via bequest, May 1881.</dd>
<dd>BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.14 FOLIO halfbound in early/contemporary tawed skin over wooden boards. Early/contemporary brass catchplate on upper cover. Lower cover partially restored with modern cherry board. Spine rebacked in modern brown goatskin. Spine lined in medieval manuscript waste.</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Jesus Christ; Popes</div>
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<dl><dd>Platina, 1421-1481</dd>
<dd>Squarciafico, Girolamo, author of introduction, etc</dd>
<dd>Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513, printer</dd>
<dd>Fabricius, Johannes, active 16th century, former owner</dd>
<dd>Fabricius, David, former owner</dd>
<dd>Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860, former owner</dd>
<dd>Garrigue &amp; Christern, bookseller</dd></dl></div>
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