Cornucopiae, siue Linguae Latinae commentarii : denvo diligentissime re cogniti, atque ex architypo emen dati.
Author
Niccolò Perotti
Title
Cornucopiae, siue Linguae Latinae commentarii : denvo diligentissime re cogniti, atque ex architypo emen dati.
Date
1521
Place
Basileae [Basel]
Publisher
Apud Andream Cartandrum [Andreas Cratander]
Language
Latin
Note
CONTENT:
The Cornucopiae is a commentary, mainly lexicographical, on Martial's first book of epigrams and his 'Liber de spectaculis'.
Woodcut initials.
Imprint from colophon (verso of final leaf).
Caption title at head of 2nd leaf: 'Pyrrhi Perotti in cornucopiae, sive Commentarios linguae Latinae ad illustrem principem Federicum ducem, et ecclesiastici exercitus imperatorem invictissimum, prooemium.'
Includes index prior to text. Errata printed at the close of index, page 79.
First 150 pages numbered by leaf.
Sexti Pompeii on leaf N1 has ornamental border with figures and vases. Final leaf has printer's device.
FORMAT:
73 [1] (150 pages) 1436 colums [2] pages ; 34 cm (fol)
SIGNATURES:
78 leaves, a-Y⁸
BINDING:
CRRS copy is bound in full leather gold tooled spine in six sections with abbreviated title in gold in second section. End bands in blue and white, red specked edges all around.
CRRS copy has bookseller's label on front pastedown.
CONDITION:
First eight pages lacking, replaced by facsimile of pages.
PROVENANCE:
CRRS copy is a gift. David Galbraith. 2023.
The Cornucopiae is a commentary, mainly lexicographical, on Martial's first book of epigrams and his 'Liber de spectaculis'.
Woodcut initials.
Imprint from colophon (verso of final leaf).
Caption title at head of 2nd leaf: 'Pyrrhi Perotti in cornucopiae, sive Commentarios linguae Latinae ad illustrem principem Federicum ducem, et ecclesiastici exercitus imperatorem invictissimum, prooemium.'
Includes index prior to text. Errata printed at the close of index, page 79.
First 150 pages numbered by leaf.
Sexti Pompeii on leaf N1 has ornamental border with figures and vases. Final leaf has printer's device.
FORMAT:
73 [1] (150 pages) 1436 colums [2] pages ; 34 cm (fol)
SIGNATURES:
78 leaves, a-Y⁸
BINDING:
CRRS copy is bound in full leather gold tooled spine in six sections with abbreviated title in gold in second section. End bands in blue and white, red specked edges all around.
CRRS copy has bookseller's label on front pastedown.
CONDITION:
First eight pages lacking, replaced by facsimile of pages.
PROVENANCE:
CRRS copy is a gift. David Galbraith. 2023.
Archive Location
Library Catalog
Short Title
Cornucopiae
Call Number
PA2084 .P476 1521
Rare Oversize
Collection
Tags
Citation
Niccolò Perotti, “Cornucopiae, siue Linguae Latinae commentarii : denvo diligentissime re cogniti, atque ex architypo emen dati.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed December 24, 2025, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/10475.