P. Cornelii Taciti Libri quinque nouiter inuenti atque cum reliquis eius operibus editi.
Tacitus, Cornelius. author.; Beroaldo, Filippo, 1472-1518, editor.; Guilleretus, Stephanus, active 1510-1515, printer.; Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.; Nicholls, Norton, 1741?-1809, former owner.; Clanricarde, John Smith De Burgh, Earl of, 1720-1782, former owner.; Hibbart, William, 1725-1808, printmaker.
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Title
P. Cornelii Taciti Libri quinque nouiter inuenti atque cum reliquis eius operibus editi.
Uniform title
Works. 1515
Created/published
Rom[ae] impressi : P[er] magistrum Stephanum Guillereti de Lothoringia Tullen[sis] dioc, anno MDXV K[a]l[andas] Martii Leonis X Pont. Max. anno secu[n]do [1 March 1515]
Description
73, [169] leaves ; 34 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Tacitus, Cornelius. author.
Beroaldo, Filippo, 1472-1518, editor.
Guilleretus, Stephanus, active 1510-1515, printer.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Nicholls, Norton, 1741?-1809, former owner.
Clanricarde, John Smith De Burgh, Earl of, 1720-1782, former owner.
Hibbart, William, 1725-1808, printmaker.
Beroaldo, Filippo, 1472-1518, editor.
Guilleretus, Stephanus, active 1510-1515, printer.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Nicholls, Norton, 1741?-1809, former owner.
Clanricarde, John Smith De Burgh, Earl of, 1720-1782, former owner.
Hibbart, William, 1725-1808, printmaker.
Note
Edited by Filippo Beroaldo.
"Ne quis intra decennium presens opus possit alicubi impune imprimere aut impressum vendere grauissimis edictis cautum est."
Signatures: A⁸ B-L⁶ M⁴ N² O-2P⁶ 2Q⁸, ²A¹⁰.
Imprint from colophon.
Colophon (leaf 2Q8 recto): "P. Cornelii Taciti equitis Ro. historiarum libri quinq[ue] nuper in Germania inuenti ac cum reliquis omnibus eius operibus que prius inuernebat Rome impressi p[er] magistrum Stephanum Guillereti de Lothoringia Tullen[um]. doic. Anno. M.D. XV. K[a]l[andas] Martii Leonis. X. Pont. Max. anno secu[n]do."
Coat of arms of Leo X on verso of leaf 2Q8. Leo X borrowed the manuscript from the Abbey of Corvey, in Westphalia, and granted Filippo Beroaldo exclusive printing rights. Below the coat of arms: "Nomine Leonis. X. Pont. Max. proposita sunt premia non mediocria his qui ad eum libros veteres neq[ue] hactenus editos attulerint."
First edition of the first six books of the Annales.
Capital spaces with guide letters.
"Vita Agricolae" follows text i.e. leaves A1-A10.
"Ne quis intra decennium presens opus possit alicubi impune imprimere aut impressum vendere grauissimis edictis cautum est."
Signatures: A⁸ B-L⁶ M⁴ N² O-2P⁶ 2Q⁸, ²A¹⁰.
Imprint from colophon.
Colophon (leaf 2Q8 recto): "P. Cornelii Taciti equitis Ro. historiarum libri quinq[ue] nuper in Germania inuenti ac cum reliquis omnibus eius operibus que prius inuernebat Rome impressi p[er] magistrum Stephanum Guillereti de Lothoringia Tullen[um]. doic. Anno. M.D. XV. K[a]l[andas] Martii Leonis. X. Pont. Max. anno secu[n]do."
Coat of arms of Leo X on verso of leaf 2Q8. Leo X borrowed the manuscript from the Abbey of Corvey, in Westphalia, and granted Filippo Beroaldo exclusive printing rights. Below the coat of arms: "Nomine Leonis. X. Pont. Max. proposita sunt premia non mediocria his qui ad eum libros veteres neq[ue] hactenus editos attulerint."
First edition of the first six books of the Annales.
Capital spaces with guide letters.
"Vita Agricolae" follows text i.e. leaves A1-A10.
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Italy -- Rome.
Item Details
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PA6705 .A2 1515 Cage
Folger-specific note
In sheepskin boards with gilt-rolled border and centerpiece; gilt title and tooling on spine; marbled endpapers. Bookplate: Ex libris W.T. Smedley. Armorial bookplate: John James Scott (motto: Regi patriaeque fidelis). Armorial bookplate: Norton Nicholls. Armorial bookplate: Earl of Clanricarde (motto: Un roy un foy un loy). Lettered: W. Hibbart, sculp. 1759. Autograph on recto of front free endpaper: P. Forster. Unidentified armorial bookplate (Boar's head crest with three boar's heads, motto: Contra audentior ito)