Institutiones.

[Institutiones].

[Venice] : [Jacobus Rubeus], [20 July 1478]

[180] pages ; 45 cm (folio)

With gloss of Accursius.
Title from ISTC; imprint from colophon.
Signatures: a-b¹⁰ c⁸ d⁶ e-f¹⁰ g¹² h¹⁰ i⁶ k⁸ (last leaf blank).
Colophon (k7r): Optimi ingenij uir Iacobus Rubei natione Gallicus huius operis Institutionum diligentissimus artifex extit cui extremam impressio[n]is manu[m] Venetijs, die xx Iulij inclito duce Ioua[n]ne Mocenigo feliccisime imposuit. M.cccc.lxxviij.
Spaces for initial letters left blank; guide letters supplied.
Printed in two columns; 75 lines of commentary surround text; types 3:104G, 5:88G.
Printed in red and black.

Robbins copy has: verses on fly-leaf recto and rubricae on fly-leaf verso; illuminated initial and cartouche with figure of a bull held by two putti on leaf a2r; initials supplied in red and blue ink; and marginal annotations and drawings.
Robbins copy imperfect: first leaf wanting.

In Latin.

Incunabula short title catalogue, ij00517000 (https://data.cerl.org/istc/ij00517000)
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J-517
Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 9505*
Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 4253
Polain, M.-L. Catalogue des livres imprimés au quinzième siècle des bibliothèques de Belgique, 2347
Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d'Italia, 5499
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Inkunabelkatalog, C-638 (https://inkunabeln.digitale-sammlungen.de/Ausgabe_C-638.html)
Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, J-235 (http://incunables.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/record/J-235)
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, p. 217 (IC 20115)
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 7596 (https://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de/docs/GW07596.htm)

Provenance: Silvio Passerini (inscriptions on fly-leaf).

Contemporary binding: brown, blind-tooled leather over wooden boards; sewn on four double bands of tawed leather; large brass bosses on each corner; remnant of clasp on back cover.

Restrictions: Inquiries concerning this item should be directed to the reference librarian for the Robbins Collection.

Italy -- Venice.

KJA1082.2 1478 Incun. Fol.

Latin

Accursius, glossator, approximately 1182-approximately 1260. Glossa ordinaria in Institutiones.