Orationes Philelphi cum aliis opusculis.
Orationes Philelphi cum aliis opusculis.
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Impressum Venetiis : Per Philippum de Pinzis Mantuanum, Anno Domini,M.cccc.lxxxxii Die.xiiii.Octobris [14 Oct.1492].
Date
Anno Domini,M.cccc.lxxxxii Die.xiiii.Octobris [14 Oct.1492].
Call Numbers
MRB/Q879.5/P (Incunabula)
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Language
Italian
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Physical content
lxxviii, [1] leaves ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Contents
Orationes funebres -- Orationes nuptiales -- Orationes diversae -- Apophthegmata.
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Publisher
Impressum Venetiis : Per Philippum de Pinzis Mantuanum, Anno Domini,M.cccc.lxxxxii Die.xiiii.Octobris [14 Oct.1492].
Date Published
Anno Domini,M.cccc.lxxxxii Die.xiiii.Octobris [14 Oct.1492].
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Summary
Collection of speeches delivered by Filelfo at princely funerals, weddings of ranking persons, and other festive occasions.
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Orationes Philelphi cum aliis opusculis.
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Notes
General note
Capital spaces with guide letters; marginalia.
Signatures: a-i6, k-m6, n8. Last leaf blank.
Title from leaf a1 recto (title-page).
With (Pseudo-) Aristoteles: Rhetorica ad Alexandrum, and Plutarch: Apophthegmata, both translated by Franciscus Philelphus; and Georgius Valla's translation of Galen's Introductorium ad medicinam.
Mitchell Library copy not signed, 'D.S. Mitchell' but appears on a list of "Donations from Mr Mitchell July 1904"....
Citation / References Note
Goff, P610.
Hain-Copinger, 12924*
ISTC, ip00610000.
Klebs, 403.4.
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Biographical note
Filelfo (1398-1481), a great Italian humanist, became secretary to the Venetian consul-general in Constantinople in 1419. He taught at Bologna and Florence, where he lectured on the principal Greek and Latin authors; he translated portions of Aristotle, Plutarch, Xenophon, and Lysias from the Greek. Filelfo was one of the most active book importers...
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MRB/Q879.5/P (Incunabula)
Record Identifier
74VK7vBzpBWy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7vBzpBWy
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991022762899702626
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