188 unnumbered
leaves, the first and last blank, 40 lines to the page, roman
letter. Three- to eight-line spaces, with guide-letters, left for
the initials of the fifteen books. Hain *12160.
First initial of each book supplied in red; heading of each book and
each fable underlined in red; initial-strokes in every verse and
paragraph-marks in red. Without the last blank leaf.
Andreas Portilia was the first printer at Parma, where his press was
established in 1472 and continued, with two brief transfers to Bologna
and Reggio, till 1486.
Mr. Wodhull's copy, for which he paid, at the sale of Dr. Chauncy's
library in 1790, L2. Bound in red morocco, with rich gold tooling on
back and sides, and book-plate of Charles Chauncy, M.D. (1706-1777).
Leaf 12 x 8 in.
19. PIUS II. (AENEAS SILVIUS PICCOLOMINI). De duobus amantibus. [Paris,
Michael Friburger, Ulric Gering and Martin Crantz, 1472.]
_Fol. 1_: Aeneae siluii poaetae laureati, in hystoria_m_ de duobus
ama_n_tibus p_r_aefatio prima ad perq_uam_ generosum milite_m_ Casparem
Slik f[oe]liciter incipit.
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