Eusebii Caesariensis Episcopi Chronicon, id est temporum breuiarium incipit foeliciter / quem Hieronymus praesbiter diuino eius ingenio Latinum facere curauit, et usque in Valente[m] C[a]esarem Romano adiecit eloquio ; que[m] et Prosper deinde Mathe[us] Palmeri[us] qui ea qu[a]e co[n]secuta su[n]t adiicere curauere eide[m] postpositi subsequunt[ur].
Imprint from colophon: Erhardus Ratdolt Augustensis solerti vir ingenio maxima cura plurimus vndiq[ue] comparatis exemplaribus Eusebij libros chronicos ac reliquas in hoc volumine de temporib[us] additiones: no[n] paruo studio impensisq[ue] emendatissime impressit Venetijs Duce inclyto Ioan. Moçenico Romano[rum] imperatore Phrederico iij. anno imperij sui 44. anno saluti 1483 Idibus Septembris.
With the continuations of Prosper and Matthaeus Palmerius. Ed. by J.L. Santritter.
Printed in red and black.
Translated into Latin by Saint Jerome and continued by Prosper Britannicus and Matthaeus Palmerius.
Verses to the reader by Santritter (C. Ioannes Lucilius Hippodamus Helbronnensis) imply that he compiled the tables and saw the book through the press.
EXI copy 1 has Tabula bound at the end.
EXI copy 2 is 23 cm. ; without the blank leaves.
Binding note
EXI copy 1 has speckled paper sides with leather spine and corners.
EXI copy 2 in late 19th or early 20th century full morocco gilt by L. Broca.
Provenance
EXI copy 1 has inscription on verso of leaf [169]: F. Hieronymi Seripandi.
EXI copy 1 has stamp on inside front cover: College Library, Mar. 12, 1893, Princeton, N.J.
EXI copy 2 has extensive annotations in an early hand on many leaves, including notes of events up to 1523; bookplate of Sir Charles Thomas-Stanford (1858-1932) on front pastedown.
References
BM 15 cent. V, p. 287
Goff E-117
Poynter 219
St. E90
Other title(s)
Chronicon.
OCLC
166311887
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