[163] leaves ; 34 cm (fol.)

Title, place, and date from Incunabula short title catalogue; name of printer, and name of editor derived from verse colophon ([17]₄ verso): Raphael zouenzonius tergestinus poeta // Vindelino spirensi suo sal[utem]. // Qui cupit obstrusam frugem gustasse Terenti // Donatum qu[ae]rat noscere gra[m]maticu[m]. // Quem Vindelinus signis impressit ahenis // Vir bonus: & claro preditus ingenio.

Signatures: [1¹° 2-4⁸ 5⁶ 6-8⁸ 9¹° 10⁶(10₁+1) 11¹° 12-13⁸ 14¹° 15-19⁸ 20⁶] ([1]₁, [20]₅, and [20]₆=blank; all leaves unsigned)

Median folio; [1]₃ recto: 41 lines, 224 x 137 mm; types: 110R(2), 110Gk; initial spaces with guide letters; also spaces for headings and for Greek.

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.407.1 FOLIO imperfect: [1]₁, [20]₅, and [20]₆ (all blank) wanting. Leaf [1]₂ with painted floral border and large initial illuminated in silver on a blue patterned ground, margins of verso reinforced. Smaller initials rubricated in alternating red and blue throughout. Spaces for Greek left unfilled. First recto of each gathering numbered in modern pencil in the lower right margin. Leaf dimensions: 327 x 225 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.407.1 FOLIO with early marginalia in at least three hands. Purchased from Christie's in October, 2019.

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.407.1 FOLIO bound in 19th-century mottled brown vellum. Spine tooled in gilt with black and red leather labels. Text block edges stained yellow and sprinkled blue.

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