Bod-Inc: A-024
Adrianus Carthusiensis
De remediis utriusque fortunae.
Analysis of Content
[c1r] A[drianus Carthusiensis]: De remediis utriusque fortunae, prosperae et adversae. Incipit: ‘[Q]uondam michi meditanti subiit illa que me sepius occupat cogitacio, futurorum spes, fastidium presencium, iudicii metus, formidoque penarum et quod consequens est . . .’ Explicit: Verum plures malis suis gaudent, anguntur bonis, tanta hominum mentes habent cecitas. See A‑023.
Imprint
Imprint: Cologne: Arnold ther Hoernen, 8 Feb. 1471. 4°.
Collation
Collation: [a b6 c–u8]. Gathering [g] originally consisted of eight leaves including a blank leaf [g7] between leaves numbered 38 and 39, which has been cut out in this copy.
References
ISTC: ia00055000
GW: GW 228;
Hain: H *96;
Goff: Goff A‑55;
BMC: BMC I 201;
Proctor: Pr 927;
Others: BSB‑Ink A‑25; CIBN A‑28; Oates 421; Sheppard 716; Voulliéme, Köln, 6.
LCN: 14335309
Copies
Copy number: A-024(1)
Wanting the first two gatherings, [a, b].
Several pages obliquely impressed. Leaf numbered 136 (v1) misbound after 142 (v7). The bookseller's cutting for this copy has been pasted into Auct. 2 Q 1.26.
Binding: Eighteenth-century French red morocco; on both covers triple gold fillets form a border; floral stamp in the compartments of the spine; edges gilt; marbled pastedowns.
Size: 204 × 147 × 26 mm.
Size of leaf: 198 × 137 mm.
Note on authorship in early hand on [a1r].
Provenance: Ferdinand de Cardevacque (1572-1614). Louis-Léon-Félicité, duc de Brancas de Lauraguais (1733-1824); armorial book-plate with initials B C D L: see Catalogue (1770), 30 no. 152. Purchased for £3. 3. 0; see Books Purchased (1843), 2.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q 6.82.
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