Bod-Inc: B-569
Brunus Aretinus, Leonardus
De primo bello Punico.
Analysis of Content
a1v Brunus Aretinus, Leonardus: [Preface.] ‘Omnibus Polybii historiae studiosis'. Bruni, Schriften, 122-3, and 167.
a2r Polybius; [Brunus Aretinus, Leonardus]: De primo bello Punico. Incipit: ‘[O]rigo primi Punici belli . . .’ Edition of the Italian text only: La Prima guerra punica, ed. Antonio Ceruti (Bologna, 1878). According to the heading, translated by Brunus Aretinus from Polybius; more accurately a compendium; see David Marsh, ‘Xenophon', CTC VIII 75-196, at 111.
e1r Guarinus Veronensis: ‘Paralelia ex Plutarcho in latinum conuersa'. Dedicated to Jacobus Lauegnolus. Incipit: ‘[G]uarinus Veronensis ornatissimo uiro Jacobo Lauegnolo salutem. Cum te Polianum . . .’ See Sabbadini 130.
Imprint
Imprint: Brescia: Jacobus Britannicus, 24 Oct. 1498. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a8 b–e6.
Illustrations: Woodcut initials.
References
ISTC: ib01254000
GW: GW 5603;
Hain: HC *13250;
Goff: Goff B‑1254;
BMC: BMC VII 982;
Proctor: Pr 7006;
Others: BSB‑Ink B‑936; CIBN B‑891; Sheppard 5800; Veneziani, Brescia, 142.
LCN: 14087949
Copies
Copy number: B-569(1)
Bound with A‑371; see there for details of binding and provenance.
Size of leaf: 277 × 192 mm.
On a1r (title-page) a note on Polybius in the same hand as the notes on the title-pages of the other items. Early marginal notes in various hands, one of which also annotated item 2.
On a1r and on a2r, paragraph marks are supplied in red; red capital strokes and underlining.
SHELFMARK: Auct. N 4.8(4).
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