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[H]oc tempore pater beatissime Paule .II. uenete Pontifex Maxime bona[m] primu[m] ualitudine[m] ab omnipotente deo

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: .M.CCCC.LXIX. [1469]
Call number: 90999
Creator: Lucan (39-65)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Ms. inscription in an 18th century hand on leaf [a]2r expanding information on Lucan's death. Occasional ms. annotations and manicules in another 18th century hand, mostly in first several quires. Owned by Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, with his shelfmark "Ke. 6" and "2 G 10" on free endpaper at beginning. The book remained in the Herbert family until the sale at Sotheby in 1914. Purchased by George D. Smith at Sotheby's for Henry Huntington.
Dimensions: 33 cm (Folio)
Associated people: Bussi, Giovanni Andrea, (1417-1475,); Sweynheim, Konrad, (-1477,); Pannartz, Arnold, (-approximately 1478,); Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, (1656-1733,)
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