Bod-Inc: A-064
Aesopus
Aesopus moralisatus cum commento et glosa interlineari.
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page and woodcut.]
a2r [Anonymus Neveleti]: Aesopus moralisatus (metrical version of ‘Fables'). See A‑056.
a2r Commentary on Aesopus moralisatus. Incipit: ‘Graecia disciplinarum mater et artium . . .’ See A‑056.
Imprint
Imprint: [Augsburg: Johann Schönsperger], 1497. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a–c6 d4 e–g6.
Illustrations: Woodcut on a1r: see Schreiber V 3043.
References
ISTC: ia00139000
GW: GW 414;
Hain: HC *316 = 317;
Goff: Goff A‑139;
BMC: BMC II 371;
Proctor: Pr 1791;
Others: BSB‑Ink A‑85; Sack, Freiburg, 31; Schreiber V 3043; Sheppard 1300.
LCN: 14333652
Copies
Copy number: A-064(1)
Binding: Modern blue pasteboards.
Size: 186 × 142 × 5 mm.
Size of leaf: 182 × 137 mm.
Table of contents (on a1v) and copious marginal annotations added in an unidentified hand, probably dating from the sixteenth century.
Provenance: Supplement to Thomas Thorpe's Catalogue of Interesting Valuable and Rare Books of MDCCCXLII, no. 8410. Purchased for £0. 10. 6; see Books Purchased (1842), 1.
SHELFMARK: Auct. Q 5.53.
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