P. Candidi in libros Appiani sophist[ae] Alexandrini ad Nicolaum quintu[m] summu[m] pontificem Pr[ae]fatio incipit felicissime.

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[Part 1. a2r.] P. Candidi in libros Appiani sophist[ae] Alexandrini ad Nicolaum quintu[m] summu[m] pontificem Pr[ae]fatio incipit felicissime. [a3r] Appiani sophist[ae] Alexandrini Roman[ae] histori[ae] prooemium foeliciter incipit. [o10r. Colophon:] Appiani Alexandrini sophist[ae] Romanorum liber finit qui Mithridaticus inscribitur. Traductio. P. Candidi. Impressum est hoc opus Venetijs per Bernardu[m] pictorem & Erhardum ratdolt de Augusta una cum Petro loslein de Langencen correctore ac socio. Laus Deo. M.CCCC.LXXVII.

[Part 2. a2r] Ad diuum Alfonsum Aragonum & utriusq[ue] Sicili[ae] regem in libros ciuiliu[m] belloru[m] ex Appiano Alexandrino in latinu[m] traductos Pr[ae]fatio incipit felicissime. [a3r] In sequentes libros Capitula ex ordine scribuntur. [a4r] P. Candidi de ciuilibus Romanorum bellis ex Appiano Alexandrino in latinu[m] traductis liber primus incipit. lege feliciter. [x10r. Colophon] Appiani Alexandrini sophist[ae] Romanoru[m] liber finit qui Celticus inscribitur. Traductio. P. Candidi. Impressum est hoc opus Venetijs per Bernardu[m] pictorem & Erhardum ratdolt de Augusta una cum Petro loslein de Langencen correctore ac socio. Laus Deo. M.CCCC.LXXVII.

Translated by Petrus Candidus Decembrius.

Signatures: v. 1: a-i¹⁰ k-n⁸ o¹⁰ [$1-5 (-a1, a2, k5, l5, m5. n5) signed] (first leaf and final p. blank); v. 2: a-c¹⁰ d¹² e-x¹⁰ [$1-5 (-a1; +d6) signed] (first leaf and final p. blank) g2 missigned gz.

176 x 109 (with marginalia 154) mm.; roman 109; 32 lines. Part 1: woodcut border printed in black a2r; woodcut initials A, R, C, P occupying 9 lines. Part 2: woodcut border a2r printed in red on upper, lower and inner margins ; woodcut initials P, S, D, I, occupying 9 lines; woodcut initial L (x7) on a3 occupying 5 lines.

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Text on paper watermarked with 'anchor'.

ISTC (RLIN), ia00928000

BM 15th cent., V, p. 244 (IB. 20486,87)

Hain, 1307

GW, 2290

Polain, 284

Redgrave, G.R. Erhard Ratdolt, 3,4

Goff, A-928

upper cover of binding Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand, 2007

Digital image available: upper cover of binding, Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy. Details available on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections.

Binding: 16th century binding in calf over wooden boards, boards bevelled along head, tail and fore-edge; hook-clasp fastenings with catch plates on upper cover; the upper and lower covers tooled in blind to a panel design using fillets, a crested roll and a heads-in-medallions roll; the central panel includes single stamps (flower and leaf, and flowers-in-vase), and includes name and date compartments. The text block is sewn on 3 double supports laced into boards; spine with raised bands, blind tooled, spine label light tan calf lettered in brown ink; blind tooled turn-ins; blue text edges. Endpapers watermarked with 'castle' (Briquet 15934). Spine title: Appiani Alexandrini Opera 1477. Alexander Turnbull Library copy has both parts in one vol. Leaves c2 and c8 in part one misbound.

Provenance: armorial bookplate of Edward Davenport (Franks 8055); motto: Time deum et honora regem; chapter headings written in ink on upper margins throughout; title written in ink on a1r part 2. Occasional slight foxing and browning; some water staining along fore-edge of first three gatherings and on last few leaves; part 1, leaf a2: slight tear on fore-edge; part 2, a1: tear on fore-edge. Part 1, b10r blank. Note in pencil inside back cover dated 7 Ja. 1914 quoting from Bernard Quaritch catalogue. Acc. R1021.