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| Title | Sopra il Trionfo della fama di messer Francesco Petrarcha |
| Detail Depicted | Printing -- Page design (Registry, leaf 124 verso) |
| Creator/Author | [Poggio Bracciolini, Jacopo, 1441-1478] |
| Publisher | A petitione di Alexadro di Francesco Varrochi cittadino Fiorentino. |
| Place of Publication | Impresso in Firenze [Italy -- Florence] |
| Date of Publication | Nel anno. MCCCCLXXXV.adi.xxiiii. di gennaio [24 Jan. 1485/86] |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374
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| Genre Heading | Discoursive works
Incunabula
Early printed books--1401-1500 (15th century)
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| Bibliographic Elements | 126 leaves (the first and last blank) ; 21 cm. (4to) |
| Printing Method | Letterpress on handmade laid paper. |
| Printer | Impresso in Firenze per ser Francesco Bonaccorsi [Buonaccorsi, Francesco, fl. 1485-1497] |
| Binding | Rebound in the 19th century. Half bound in green leather with marbled paper covers.
Spine title gold tooled with hand tools
Red silk bookmark.
Stuck-on headbands. |
| General Notes | Signatures: a[superscript 8] (a1 missing, blank ?) b-p[superscript 8] q[superscript 6] (q6 missing, blank?) [$4 (-n4, q4) signed]; 124 unnumbered leaves.
Other title: Iacopo di Messer Poggio a Lorenzo di Piero di Cosimo de Medici Sopra el triompho della fama di Messer Franceshco Petrarcha prohemio.
Colophon.
Lacks title page.
No rubrics. Two or three lines of space allowed for printer's initials, but only lower case type identical to text used instead.
Great paper.
Bookworm damage on register page and into book.
Good example of Roman type. |
| Previous Owners | In script on front pastedown - Arthur Augustus Edwin Hill 10 Jennajo 1680..dal suo...amico cavaliere...
Bookplate on front pastedown: Ex libris Petri Ginori-conti.
Vendor stamp on back endsheet: Vend. del 4.VI.32-X N. 36 |
| References | Goff P-852
Hain-Copinger (Add) 13168* = Hain 12789
BM 15th cent., VI, p. 670 (IA.27604) |
| Language | Italian |
| Digital Collection | Historical Book Arts Collection |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Special Collections |
| Call Number | SpecColl Rare Books 093 P753s |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned in RGB color using an Olympus C-2000 Zoom digital camera and saved in.jpg format and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2003 |
| Content | Discussion of the reputation of Francisco Petrarcha.
Register of signatures. |
| Restrictions/Copyright | Some of our items are fragile and may require an appointment for use. Please contact Special Collections. |
