• Ars minor

Author:

• Donatus, Aelius

Publisher:

• [Netherlands : Prototypography, about 1465-1480].

Format:

• Book

Date:

• 1465-1480

Extent:

• 1 vellum leaf ; 20.4 x 9.2 cm.

Language:

• Latin

Abstract:

• Donatus editions printed with the Saliceto type were set to either 26 or 27 lines per page, and range in extent from 12 to 16 leaves. The Saliceto type is named after a Prototypography Chancery folio edition that includes Gulielmus de Saliceto, De salute corporis, and other miscellaneous tracts, datable to not after 1472.

Description:

• WHS fragment is f. 3 (Schwenke 11,8-15,29) of a 27-line edition; Type 5.

Former owner:

• Hodgkin, John Eliot

Bookseller:

• Maggs Bros

Call number:

• 114.13

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9946125583506421

Subject:

• Latin language—Grammar—Early works to 1500
• Type and type-founding—Specimens

Collections:

• Incunabula at Princeton
• Early Manuscript & Printed Fragments
• Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
• The Scheide Library
• Treasures of Rare Book Division

Available online:

• Digital content