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Claudii Claudiani Praefatio in Raptum Proserpinae.

Claudianus, Claudius. author.; Celsano, Barnaba, active 1482.; Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.; La Douze, Jacques de, active 1482, printer.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
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Title
Claudii Claudiani Praefatio in Raptum Proserpinae.
Uniform title
Works. 1482
Created/published
Vicentiae : Impressit Iacobus Dusensis, [1482] sex. Cal. Iun. [27 May] ...
Description
[204] p. (the 1st [2] p. blank) ; 31 cm (fol.).
Associated name
Claudianus, Claudius. author.
Celsano, Barnaba, active 1482.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
La Douze, Jacques de, active 1482, printer.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Note
Title from beginning of preface (leaf A3r).

Edited by Barnaba Celsano.

Imprint from colophon (leaf l6v), which gives place of publication at end, after date expressed in Latin words.

Signatures: A-B⁸, a-k⁸, l⁶.

Capital spaces with guide letters.

Includes register.
Cited/described in
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-701
BM 15th cent., VII, p. 1048 (IB.31862)
GW 7059
Place of creation/publication
Italy -- Vicenza.

Call number
INC C638
Folger-specific note
Lacks leaves A1 (blank), A2 and l6 (description of colophon provided by BM 15th cent.). A few early manuscript notes mostly on leaf A3r. In a tailored box. Bookplate of W.T. Smedley; purchased in 1924.