Historia delle vite de sommi pontefici : dal Salvator Nostro sino a Gregorio XV

Platina, 1421-1481

Summary: Translation, with additions, of Platina's Vitae pontificum.
Signatures: A-E⁸ F⁴; A-3A⁸; *⁸ A-M⁸ N⁸+. Described from an incomplete copy: no title page, lacking gatherings A-B⁸ C1, F4(?); lacks p. 207ff. from the Cronologia. This copy lacks leaves 50, 83, 130-31, 159, 163, 182, 227, 230, 254, and p. 191-192 and 207ff. from the Cronologia.
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Woodcut t.p. vignette; head- and tailpieces; initials; printed marginalia. Portraits of pontiffs accompanied by family crests within portrait medallion, when applicable; in some medallions, the crests appear but are left blank.
Binding: Bound in vellum.
Additional Details: Includes index.

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