Epistolae Heroides Ouidii /

Epistolae Heroides Ouidii /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D., author.
Uniform title:	Heroides
Imprint:	[Venice] : [Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino], [26 June 1499]
Description:	LXXXXVI leaves : illustration ; 31 cm (folio)
Language:	Latin Greek
Subject:	Epistolary poetry, Latin. Mythology, Classical -- Poetry. Love-letters -- Poetry. Love poetry, Latin. Women -- Poetry. Epistolary poetry, Latin. Love-letters. Love poetry, Latin. Mythology, Classical. Women. Poetry. Poetry. Incunabula -- Italy -- Venice -- 1499. Block-printed papers (Binding) Sammelbands (Provenance) Annotations (Provenance) Manicules (Provenance) Hand coloring
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy is number 2 of 2 titles bound together; bound with: Ovid. Ouidis De arte amandi, De remedio amoris cum comento. [Venice] : [Joannes, Tacuinus, de Tridino], [5 July 1494]. University of Chicago Library's copy imperfect: lacking first leaf with title. University of Chicago Library's copy forms part of the Berlin Collection. Discovery of this item made possible by a gift from Julie and Roger Baskes.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2781825

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Epistolae heroides Ovidii
Other uniform titles:	Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Ibis. Volsco, Antonio, active 15th century-16th century, Hubertinus, Clericus Crescentinas, approximately 1405-1500, Calderino, Domizio, 1447-1478, Joannes, Tacuinus, de Tridino, Berlin Collection.
Provenance:	Former owner's inscription: Ex libris Clementis Politi [possibly Clemente Polito, bishop of Grosseto, who died in 1606]. Former owners' manuscript annotations in at least 3 hands; passages bracketed in pen; manicules (leaf XXV verso); annotations partially trimmed on fore-edge; initials on leaves XLII and XLVII verso hand colored in purple by former owner. Binding: Half-bound leather and block printed paper over boards; gilt stamped leather spine title; blue speckled edges.
Notes:	Explicit and colophon: Et sic est finis huius op[er]is in quo haec o[mn]ia continent[ur] uidelicet P. Ouidii Nasonis Epistolae Heroides, una cu[m] expositionibus eximio[rum] viro[rum] Antonii Volsci Vbertiniq[ue] clerici Cresentinatis. Eiusde[m] Ouidii Sapho, cu[m] expositione singularissim interpraetis Domitii Calderini. Nec no[n] eiusde[m] Ouidii libellus in Ibin, cum expositione eiusde[m] Domitii. Quod oups fideliter accuratissimeq[ue] impressum fuit Venetiis p[er] Ioa[n]nem Tacuinu[m] de Tridino. M.CCCC.Lxxxxix. die xxvi mensis Iunii. Laus Deo. Signatures: A-Q⁶. Text surrounded by commentary; 46 lines to a full page (text); 62 lines (commentary); woodcut initials; title-page woodcut of Ovid and his two commentators seated at desks. Leaves VI, VII, LXXIIII, LXXIX, LXXIIII misnumbered "II," "XVII," "LXXIII," "LXXV," "LXXVIII" respectively. Incunabula short title catalogue, entry io00166000 Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, entry M28817 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, entry 12211? Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, entry 1298 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, entry O-166 Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, entry 5263 Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d'Italia, entry 7104 Catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library, entry 2580 Latin with some Greek.

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Item Description:	Explicit and colophon: Et sic est finis huius op[er]is in quo haec o[mn]ia continent[ur] uidelicet P. Ouidii Nasonis Epistolae Heroides, una cu[m] expositionibus eximio[rum] viro[rum] Antonii Volsci Vbertiniq[ue] clerici Cresentinatis. Eiusde[m] Ouidii Sapho, cu[m] expositione singularissim interpraetis Domitii Calderini. Nec no[n] eiusde[m] Ouidii libellus in Ibin, cum expositione eiusde[m] Domitii. Quod oups fideliter accuratissimeq[ue] impressum fuit Venetiis p[er] Ioa[n]nem Tacuinu[m] de Tridino. M.CCCC.Lxxxxix. die xxvi mensis Iunii. Laus Deo. Signatures: A-Q⁶. Text surrounded by commentary; 46 lines to a full page (text); 62 lines (commentary); woodcut initials; title-page woodcut of Ovid and his two commentators seated at desks. Leaves VI, VII, LXXIIII, LXXIX, LXXIIII misnumbered "II," "XVII," "LXXIII," "LXXV," "LXXVIII" respectively.
Physical Description:	LXXXXVI leaves : illustration ; 31 cm (folio)
Place of Publication:	Italy -- Venice.