(Q9519)
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Contarini, Gasparo, 1483-1542
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Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869
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Venice (Italy)--History--Early works to 1800
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Venice (Italy)--Politics and government--Early works to 1800
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[between 1525 and 1575]
16. century
1525Gregorian
1575Gregorian
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Extent: 92 leaves : paper ; 201 x 142 (149 x 98) mm bound to 209 x 142 mm
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Incipit: Saepenumero animadverti complures advenas prudentas homines, nec bonorum artium ignaros, qui cum primum Venetias venissent...
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Moderate oxidation of ink, books 1-3, a few folios illegible.
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Title from title page (f. 1r).
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Ms. codex.
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Explicit: Si enim quippiam bonum a Deo immortali hominibus provenire credibile ist, hoc praecipue divinitus Venetae urbi obtigisse persuasissimum cuilibet esse debet. Libri quinti et totius operis finis.
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Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 92 + i (modern paper); [i], 1-90, [i]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
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Layout: Written in 22 long lines.
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Origin: Written in Italy in the mid-16th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
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Binding: 20th-century quarter vellum.
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Script: Written in an italic script by a single hand, with contemporary or near contemporary marginal notes.
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Sold by Jacques Rosenthal, 1957.
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Sold by Guillaume Libri at auction at Sotheby's, 28 March 1859, lot 282.
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Formerly in the collection of the Morbio Library (Rosenthal).
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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