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PEROTTUS, Nicolaus (1430-80). Cornucopiae linguae latinae . Edited by Pyrrhus Perottus, revised by Ludovicus Odaxius. - Commentariolus in Plinii prooemium . Venice: Bernardinus de Choris, de Cremona, 25 May 1492. Median 2° (317 x 215mm). 326 leaves (collation as BMC). Roman type 13:80, Greek type 80, 61 lines and headline, printed marginalia, guide-letters. 9-line initial opening text in gold on blue, red and green ground with white decoration, other initials and paragraph marks alternating in red and blue. (A few, small, marginal wormholes in first two quires, small paper flaw in M5 affecting a few letters.) BINDING: contemporary blind-tooled fawn goatskin over wooden boards bound for Antonio Pillone by Belluno Bindery A, the sides panelled with fillets, the border formed by repeated knotwork tool, the central panel with repeated small crown tool forming concentric circles and semi-circles, 5 brass bosses to each cover (6 missing), spine in 4 compartments diapered with triple fillets and with small circle at intersections, 4 clasps with chased brass catches on lower cover, a pair of vellum endleaves (small wormholes, a few small sections worn, some stains). Provenance : Antonio Pillone (binding, a few marginal annotations); Odorico Pillone (fore-edge); Sir Thomas Brooke (bookplate); Berès 45. VECELLIO FORE-EDGE PAINTING: a large cornucopia brimming with fruit and flowers, author's name lettered horizontally. Top and bottom edges cream marbled with crimson. Fourth edition. BMC V, 466 (IB. 23440); HC(Add)R 12700; IGI 7422; Goff P-291.