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C. Plinij Secundi oratoris Veronensis De viris illustribus foeliciter liber incipit.

Tiphernas, Angelus.; Victor, Sextus Aurelius.; Plannck, Stephan, active 15th century, printer.; Pliny, the Younger.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
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Title
C. Plinij Secundi oratoris Veronensis De viris illustribus foeliciter liber incipit.
Uniform title
De viris illustribus urbis Romae.
Created/published
Impressus Rom[a]e : Per Stephanum Planck, anno 1492 die xxvi. Ianuarij.
Description
[36] p. ; 20 cm (4to)
Associated name
Tiphernas, Angelus.
Victor, Sextus Aurelius.
Plannck, Stephan, active 15th century, printer.
Pliny, the Younger.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Note
Authorship unknown. Here attributed to Pliny the Younger, but generally to Aurelius Victor from the sixteenth century. (M.M. Sage, The De Viris Illustribus: authorship and date, Hermes 108, (1980), pp. 83-100).

Title from incipit (leaf a1v).

Edited by Angelus Tiphernas.

Imprint from colophon (leaf c6r).

Signatures: a-c⁶.

Capitals printed, except for the 1st one (space with guide letter).
Cited/described in
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, A-1391
BM 15th cent., IV, p. 96 (IA.18504)
IGI 1089
Place of creation/publication
Italy -- Rome.

Call number
INC A1238
Folger accession
cs845

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