Bod-Inc: C-131
Cato, Dionysius
Disticha de moribus.
Analysis of Content
a2r [Prohemium.] Incipit: ‘[S]ummi deus largitor premii, via constans, fons refrigerii, terre vices obtemperans, a quo stillat totius gratie plenitudo . . .’ As in the edition of the Auctores octo; see A‑485.
a5v [Epistola Catonis.] See C‑128.
a5v [Commentary on the Epistola Catonis and the Breves sententiae.] Incipit: ‘Id est vertendo in animo meo perciperem id est sepe considerarem vel cogitarem . . .’ As in the edition of the Auctores octo; see A‑485.
b8r [Disticha Catonis.] See C‑127.
b8r [Commentary on the Disticha Catonis.] Incipit: ‘Finita parte prohemii, in qua auctor tetigit causam suscepti operis et huius libri materiam sub breuiloquio prosaice compilauit . . .’ As in the edition of the Auctores octo; see A‑485.
Imprint
Imprint: Paris: Pierre Levet, 20 July 1487. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a–h8 i k6.
References
ISTC: ic00304000
GW: GW 6303;
Hain: H 4714;
Goff: Goff C‑304;
Proctor: Pr 8054;
Others: Sheppard 6275.
LCN: 14836535
Copies
Copy number: C-131(1)
Leaf a1 hinged.
Binding: Nineteenth-century gold-tooled crushed green morocco; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 215 × 145 × 13 mm.
Size of leaf: 210 × 140 mm.
Provenance: Purchased for £1. 5. 0; see Books Purchased (1833), 6.
Former Bodleian shelfmark: Auct. N extra 3.2.
SHELFMARK: Auct. O inf. 1.16.
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