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L. Annei Senecae Tragoediae cu[m] duobus co[m]mentis

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Title: L. Annei Senecae Tragoediae cu[m] duobus co[m]mentis
Alternative Title: Works. 1493
Tragoediae
Creator: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D., author
Contributor: Pillone, Antonio, -1533, former owner.
Pillone, Odorico, former owner.
Brooke, Thomas, Sir, 1830-1908, former owner.
Bazolle, Paolo Maresio, former owner.
Berès, Pierre, former owner.
Vecellio, Cesare, approximately 1521-1601, fore-edge painter.
Caietanus, Daniel, -1528.
Marmitta, Gellio Bernardino, approximately 1440-
Capcasa, Matteo, printer.
Friedlaender, Helmut N., former owner.
Jonathan A. Hill, Inc., former owner.
Published / Created: Mcccclxxxxiii die xviii Iulii [18 July 1493]
Publication Place: Venetiis and Italy Venice
Publisher: Per Matheul[m] Capcasam Parmensem
Description: BEIN 2017 +316: Capitals supplied in red or blue. Manuscript note on free back endpaper: Collated complete pp. B. Quaritch Ltd. [undeciphered initials].
BEIN 2017 +316: Provenance: 1. Antonio Pillone, 2. Odorico Pillone, 3. Venetian dealer Paolo Maresio Bazolle purchased from the Pillone family in 1874 and sold to 4. Sir Thomas Brooke (armorial bookplate) sold by his heirs in 1957 to 5. Pierre Berès (Bookplate: Libro no [in manuscript: 55] de la Bibliothèque Pillone, Pierre Berès), 6. Helmut Friedlaender (bookplate "HNF"; sale Christie's NY, 23 April 2001, lot 117). Acquired by the Beinecke Library from Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc.
BEIN 2017 +316: Binding: Contemporary blind-tooled brown goatskin over thin wooden boards, bound for Antonio Pillone by Hobson's Belluno Binder A. Sides panelled within triple fillets, outer and central compartments adorned with widely spaced small 4- and 5-petalled rosette tools, two inner borders composed respectively of a repeated blossom and leaf tool and leafy tool (see Hobson tools 1, 2, 7 and 11). Spine with two double raised bands tooled with intersecting triple fillets, 4 (of 10) brass bosses, 1 (of 2) clasps and 2 catches. Fore-edge painting by Cesare Vecellio of Seneca with abbreviated name and title ("SEN T") at bottom.
BEIN Zi +4994: For fuller description see collation leaf in volume. Manuscript marginal notes. Worm-eaten, with some damage to text. Bound in old limp vellum, with flap, oriental style, and leather strap; part of the strap, presumably with buckle, missing. Manuscript notes: fol. 2a: "Es dela Libr1. de S. Miguel de los Reyes."; fol. 1a: "This book was given to me by Dr. Pedro Perez the antiquarian of Valencia May 8th 1844. Q. Ayshford Sanford." Dr. Perez's visiting card pasted on fol. 1a. 31 cm.
Title from caption of text on leaf I (a1); imprint from colophon.
Commentaries by Gellio Bernardino Marmitta and Daniel Caietanus.
Signatures: A⁴ a-b⁸ c-z⁶ &⁴ (A1 blank).
Woodcut initials, also capital-spaces with guide-letters.
Extent: [4], CXXXVI [that is CXXXXVI] leaves ; 34 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 2017 +316

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Fore-edge paintings (Binding)
Annotations (Provenance) 20th century
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
Incunabula
Original art
Incunabula in Yale Library
Subjects: 20th century
Incunabula in Yale Library
Italy. Venice. Matteo Capcasa di Codeca. July 18, 1493
Pillone, Antonio, -1533 > Ownership
Pillone, Odorico > Ownership
Brooke, Thomas, Sir, 1830-1908 > Bookplate
Berès, Pierre > Bookplate
Bazolle, Paolo Maresio > Ownership
Reyes, S. Miguel de los > Ownership
Sanford, Q. Ayshford > Ownership
Friedlaender, Helmut N. > Bookplate
Vecellio, Cesare, approximately 1521-1601 > Original art
Jonathan A. Hill, Inc > Ownership
Bernard Quaritch (Firm) > Ms. notes

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Orbis Record: 1305939
Object ID (OID): 33204227

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