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Inco[m]mincia el libro intitulato Legendario de sancti
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- Publication date
- a di xxij. de Octobre. Mcccclxxxiiij. [22 Oct. 1484].
- Call number
- 99502
- Provenance
- Purchased from Vollbehr, March 23, 1925. Ms. autograph in capital letters on leaf a1v: Benedeto Del Abba. Contemporary ms. annotations on front pastedown and recto of leaf a1: alphabet written out in three different scripts, ms. inscription in two different hands "alissandre maistre didare a felipe v[ost]ra richota de bove", and below, signatures[?] of "Jachomo Antonio" and "franca sch[?]". On recto of leaf A8, inscription "Carissime mio barba ant[?] io ve[r]am[en]te come io some sane per la grazia del dio ma spero che anche vo[i?] siate a simile vostr[?]". On verso of leaf A8 and on back pastedown, pentrials and ms. inscription "Semaie queste mio[?] liber [?]ra[?] se perdes[e?] che [?]tila man[?] dal d[?] [?]ur ...[?]". Bookplate on front pastedown: Conv. Eystad. Fratrum Praed. 1742. Copy listed as no. 512 in Maggs Bros sales catalogue no. 402, "Bibliotheca Incunabulorum" (London, 1921).
