Epistolae familiares
Alternative Title
Epistolae familiares
Date
8th November, 1497
Identifier
HC 158*; BMC VIII 312; Goff P722; Kaplan 383; ISTC ip00722000
Type
Publisher
Lyons: Jean de Vingle
Jean de Vingle, a Picard by birth, was believed to be working in Lyons as early as 26 November 1492. His first known signature occurs in a French Belial of 19 July 1494; over time he produced some 50 editions. His books are marked by a liberal use of black ground capitals (see BMC VIII: lxii). He was also a bookseller.
Jean de Vingle, a Picard by birth, was believed to be working in Lyons as early as 26 November 1492. His first known signature occurs in a French Belial of 19 July 1494; over time he produced some 50 editions. His books are marked by a liberal use of black ground capitals (see BMC VIII: lxii). He was also a bookseller.
Description
Quarter bound calf over spoiled suede covers. Printed and manuscript fragments are pasted on back endpaper. Bands exposed; covers brutalized.
Title-page, with book label, initials A and I, binding and front endpaper, colophon, detail of book label.
Abstract
From humble beginnings Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini (Lat. Aeneas Sylvius) became pope in 1458; an office he held until his death in 1464. This is a good copy of the great humanist Aeneas Sylvius' correspondence, reprinted from the edition of Scinzenzeler, Milan, 1496 (IB 26762, pt. vi, p. 770), with the wording of the latter part of the title altered.
Format
Paper. [206] leaves, leaves 8 and 206 wanting. 255 x 170 mm (quarto).
Gothic type.
F.1a Title-page printed in red: EPistole et varij tractatus Pij secundi Pontificis Maximi: ad diuersos in quadruplici vite eius statu transmisse.
F.205a Colophon: '...Impresse Lugduni per Iohannem de Vingle. Anno domiui. M.cccclxxxxvij. Die octaua Nouembris.'
Edited by Ambrosius Archintus and Joannes Vinzalius.
Woodcut capitals.
Some preliminary annotations.
Gothic type.
F.1a Title-page printed in red: EPistole et varij tractatus Pij secundi Pontificis Maximi: ad diuersos in quadruplici vite eius statu transmisse.
F.205a Colophon: '...Impresse Lugduni per Iohannem de Vingle. Anno domiui. M.cccclxxxxvij. Die octaua Nouembris.'
Edited by Ambrosius Archintus and Joannes Vinzalius.
Woodcut capitals.
Some preliminary annotations.
Provenance
1. Booklabel of W. Jones (Studio Fallente Laborem), engr. Duchesen Ft. Havre
2. Canon William Ardene Shoults
3. Selwyn College; Otago University Library
2. Canon William Ardene Shoults
3. Selwyn College; Otago University Library
Files
Citation
Pope Pius II (1405-1464; formerly Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini), “Epistolae familiares,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed April 24, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/6358.