Described in Ph. L. Phillips, A list of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, Washington, 1909, vol. 1, p. 203-216, no. 457., Imperfect: vol. 3 (books 5-6) wanting. This copy differs in some small particulars from Phillips 457., and Volume 6's pagination: 2 p.l., 60 p., 131 maps (part. fold.) 54 cm.
Publisher:
Nella stamperia di Francesco Onofri,
Subject (Name):
Crane, Edward N.--Bookplate, 1902 and Medici, Giovanni Carlo de',--Cardinal,--1611-1663--Binding
Subject (Topic):
Atlases, Italian., Atlases--Early works to 1800., Charts, diagrams, etc., Naval art and science., and Navigation--Early works to 1800.
Described in Ph. L. Phillips, A list of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, Washington, 1909, vol. 1, p. 203-216, no. 457., Imperfect: vol. 3 (books 5-6) wanting. This copy differs in some small particulars from Phillips 457., and Volume 6's pagination: 2 p.l., 60 p., 131 maps (part. fold.) 54 cm.
Publisher:
Nella stamperia di Francesco Onofri,
Subject (Name):
Crane, Edward N.--Bookplate, 1902 and Medici, Giovanni Carlo de',--Cardinal,--1611-1663--Binding
Subject (Topic):
Atlases, Italian., Atlases--Early works to 1800., Charts, diagrams, etc., Naval art and science., and Navigation--Early works to 1800.
"Contrasto del hosto & del Zani. Losto comincia": p. [7-8]., Authorship attributed to Giulio Cesare Croce. Cf. Edit 16., Ms. foliation: 273-276. Interleaved with blank leaves., and Signatures: A⁴.
Manuscript on parchment (palimpsest: written over an unidentified canon law text, 1250-75) of Epitome of Aristotle's Ethics translated into Italian by Taddeo d'Alderotto (ca. 1235-1295).
Description:
Binding: ca. 1900, England or U.S.A. (?). Quarter bound in orange goatskin with a gold-tooled label on spine ("Aristotle. Ethica, in Italian. XIVth Century") and marbled paper sides. Edges gilt., Script: Written in a calligraphic notarial hand with tall ascenders and strongly looped forms of letters d and b, above top line., and Spaces left for decorative initials remain unfilled.
Subject (Name):
Alderotti, Taddeo, 1223-1295 and Aristotle
Subject (Topic):
Ethics, Italian literature--To 1400, Literature, Medieval--Translations, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library