Bod-Inc: A-011
Accursius, Bonus
Compendium Elegantiarum Laurentii Vallae.
Analysis of Content
[a1v] Accursius, Bonus: [Letter of dedication] addressed to Franciscus Simoneta. Incipit: ‘Excerpsi, magnifice eques aurate ac uirorum sapientissime et optime, ex libris Elegantiarum . . .’ Saxius 457.
[a2r] Accursius, Bonus: Compendium Elegantiarum Laurentii Vallae. Incipit: ‘Nomina in osus que descendunt a uerbis partim actionem, partim passionem partim utrumque significant . . .’ See A‑010.
[k9r] [Colophon.]
[k9r] [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Abstulerat Latio multos Germania libros | Nunc multo plures reddidit ingenio'; 2 elegiac distichs. See Walther, Initia, 213.
Imprint
Imprint: Naples: [Francesco di Dino, c.1480.] 4°.
Remarks: Sheppard gives the date as c.1480, as does GW; the colophon reads ‘finis allegantiarum(!) . . . impressarum sub pacifico Ferdinando Sicilie Rege' (Ferdinand I, King of Naples and Sicily (1423-1494)).
Collation
Collation: [a–h8 i k10].
References
ISTC: ia00027700
GW: GW 173;
Hain: HR 62;
Proctor: Pr 6722;
Others: Fava–Bresciano II 171; Sheppard 5460.
LCN: 14333025
Copies
Copy number: A-011(1)
Binding: Eighteenth-century green and olive mottled calf with a frame formed by a single gold fillet; marbled pastedowns.
Size: 213 × 155 × 21 mm.
Size of leaf: 208 × 147 mm.
Occasional notes and corrections added in a small, probably contemporary hand.
A few four- and two-line initials added in faded ink.
Provenance: Albergotti family (eighteenth century). Dimitrij Petrovich, Count Boutourlin (1763-1829); armorial book-plate and shelfmark no. 798: see Catalogue (1831); sale (1839), lot 885. Purchased for £3. 10. 0; see Books Purchased (1840), 1.
SHELFMARK: Auct. O inf. 1.63.
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