Elegantiae linguae latinae
Pico Master
(Italian (active in Venice), 1475–1500)
Lorenzo Valla
(Italian, 1406–1457)
Nicolas Jenson
(Italian, about 1420–1480)
1471
Place of PublicationVenice, Italy
Medium/TechniquePrinted book, unillustrated, with hand-illuminated coat of arms and eight illuminated initials
DimensionsOverall: 33 x 21.7 x 6 cm (13 x 8 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGeorge Nixon Black Fund
Accession number35.656
On View
Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
Venice: Nicolas Jenson, 1471
ProvenancePriuli family, Venice [see note 1]. 1766, John Peachey, Baron Selsey of Westdean [see note 2]. 1904, Alfred Higgins, London; May 2, 1904, Higgins library sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 237, sold for £30, possibly to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London; 1935, sold by the estate of Edward Perry Warren to the MFA for $300. (Accession Date: May 2, 1935)
NOTES:
[1] The coat of arms of the Priuli family is on folio 11. [2] Bookplate and inscription: "John Peachey Eius liber London 1766".
NOTES:
[1] The coat of arms of the Priuli family is on folio 11. [2] Bookplate and inscription: "John Peachey Eius liber London 1766".
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1523–28
Unidentified artist, French, 16th century
about 1528
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