Quintilian, Oratoriae institutiones. 1516. 2°. Paris: Josse Badius, for himself and Jean Petit.

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15 January 1516
Quintilian.
[Oratoriae institutiones.]
M. Fabii Quinitiliani oratoriarum institutionum Lib. XII.
[Paris]: Vaenundantur cum gratia et priuilegio ab eodem Iodoco Badio Ascensio: et Ioanne Paruo. [Colophon:] In aedibus Ascensianis, ad Idus Ianuarii: M.D.XVI. calculo Romano [1516].
2°: Aa a–z A–I⁸.
Printed in Paris by Josse Badius for himself and Jean Petit.
Badius’s preliminary letter mentions the theft of the manuscript from the editor, Rémy Roussel.
Badius’s letter states that the privilege is too long to print and can be consulted at Badius’s house: ‘Priuilegii forma, cuius prolixior est explicatio, apud Badium est: qui omnibus iure petentibus eius vidende faciet potestatem’; the privilege was issued by the Parlement on 16 January 1516 for two years (Imprimeurs parisiens).
Poem by Juan Vacet (Ioannes Vacceus), probably a proof-reader.
Some copies have the device of J. Petit (Renouard 887).
Signature pattern: ‘$’–‘$v’.
Catchword pattern: none.
Types: Rot3 (180mm); R4 (108mm); R10 (91mm); R20 (67mm); Gk5 (91mm); Gk11 (67mm).
Initials: 13; 27.
Devices: Renouard 22 (J. Badius).
Illustrations: Compartment C.
Adams Q54.
Inventaire chronologique 1516, no. 1468.
Renouard, Badius, iii, 197–8, 471–2.
Imprimeurs parisiens, ii, no. 336.
[IS000801]C.80.c.11.